Evaluation of variability of silymarin complex in Silybi mariani fructus harvested during two production years

Milk thistle [ Silybum marianum (L.) Gaertn.], a member of Asteraceae family, is one of the most cultivated medicinal plants widespread throughout the world. The pharmacological drug is a ripe fruit without pappus – Silybi mariani fructus – containing flavonolignans and generating silymarin complex....

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