EVALUATION OF THE PROPHYLACTIC AND THE POSSIBLE THERAPEUTIC EFFECTS OF SILYMARIN IN EXPERIMENTAL LIVER CIRRHOSIS

Authors

A. M Gaballah, The Departments of Pharmacology Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University
F. M El-Banna, The Departments of Pharmacology Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University
L. T Hanna, The Departments of Pharmacology Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University
S. M Sirag, The Departments of Pathology Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University

Article Type

Original Study

Abstract

Silymarin is a substance which was isolated in 1968 from the seeds of the milk thistle (Silybum marianum L. Gaertn), a species known in antiquity as an efficacious and medicinal plant (wagner et al., 1968). The chemical structure of silymarin has been eluci­dated and satisfactorily defined. Sily­marin with refined techiques of chemi­cal separation was found to be formed of three compounds which are isom-ers and have the empirical fromula C25 H22 oiq {wagner et al., 1974).

Recommended Citation

Gaballah, A. M; El-Banna, F. M; Hanna, L. T; and Sirag, S. M (1991) "EVALUATION OF THE PROPHYLACTIC AND THE POSSIBLE THERAPEUTIC EFFECTS OF SILYMARIN IN EXPERIMENTAL LIVER CIRRHOSIS," Mansoura Medical Journal: Vol. 20 : Iss. 1 , Article 2.
Available at: https://doi.org/10.21608/mjmu.1991.139111

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