Milk thistle (silybum marianum): An ancient botanical medicine for modern Times

Holistic Nursing Practice

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 299-300

  Ross, Stephanie Maxine ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLANT EXTRACT; PROTECTIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; LIVER DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; NURSING; PHYTOTHERAPY; REVIEW; SILYBUM MARIANUM;

ANIMALS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES; MILK THISTLE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PROTECTIVE AGENTS;

EID: 58149191763     PISSN: 08879311     EISSN: 15505138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.HNP.0000334924.77174.6d     Document Type: Article

References (8)

1. Woodward M, ed. Gerard's Herbal. The History of Plants. London: Senate; 1994.
2. Blumenthal M, Busse W, Goldberg A, eds. The Complete German Commission E Monographs. Austin, TX: American Botanical Council; Boston: Integrative Medical Communications; 1998.
3. Bisset N, ed. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press; 1994.
4. Boerth J, Strong KM. The clinical utility of milk thistle (Silybum mari-anum) in cirrhosis of the liver. J Herb Pharmacother. 2002;2:11-17.
5. Miadonna A, Tedeschi A, Leggieri E, et al. Effects of silybin on histamine release from human basophil leucocytes. Br J Clin Pharmacol. 1987;24:747-752.
6. Lawson L, Bauer R, eds. Phytomedicines of Europe: Chemistry and Biological Activity. Washington, DC: American Chemical Society; 1998.
7. Blumenthal M, ed. The ABC Clinical Guide to Herbs. New York, NY: Thieme International; 2003:288-289.
8. Blumenthal M, Goldberg A, Brinckmann J, eds. Herbal Medicine: Expanded Commission E Monographs. Newtown, MA: Integrative Medicine Communications; 2000:257-263.