The results of most clinical trials with the thistle (Silybum marianum) extract, silymarin, are difficult to interpret because of a variety of reasons: small sample size, variability in type and ...

The flavonoid silymarin and one of its structural components, silibinin, are substances with documented hepatoprotective properties. Their mechanisms of action are still poorly understood. However ...

McGinn, Sylvester — Assistant in Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital. For record and address of author see "This Week's Issue," page 257.

1 Department of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, School of Pharmacy, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 2 Faculty of Pharmacy, Tehran Medical Sciences, Islamic Azad University, ...

Department of Chemistry, National Tsing Hua University, No. 101, Sec. 2, Kuang-Fu Rd., Hsinchu 300044, Taiwan Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Academia ...