Silybin and its congeners: From traditional medicine to molecular effects

V Křen, K Valentová - Natural Product Reports, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Covering: 2015 up to 2022 (Feb) Silymarin, an extract of milk thistle (Silybum marianum)
fruits, has been used in various medicinal applications since ancient times. A major …

The silymarin composition… and why does it matter???

CS Chambers, V Holečková, L Petrásková… - Food research …, 2017 - Elsevier
The extract from milk thistle (Silybum marianum (L.) Gaertn.(Asteraceae)), known as
silymarin, contains a variety of flavonolignans and displays antioxidant, anti-inflammatory …

Systematic review of pharmacokinetics and potential pharmacokinetic interactions of flavonolignans from silymarin

V Tvrdý, J Pourová, E Jirkovský, V Křen… - Medicinal Research …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Silymarin is an extract from the seeds (fruits) of Silybum marianum that contains
flavonolignans and flavonoids. Although it is frequently used as a hepatoprotective agent, its …

Discovery of potential natural dihydroorotate dehydrogenase inhibitors and their synergism with brequinar via integrated molecular docking, dynamic simulations and …

A Khairy, HM Hammoda, I Celik, HH Zaatout… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
The critical function of dihydroorotate dehydrogenase (DHODH) in pyrimidine synthesis
attracted a great interest throughout beyond decades. Inhibitors of human DHODH …

Chirality Matters: Biological activity of optically pure silybin and its congeners

V Křen - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
This review focuses on the specific biological effects of optically pure silymarin flavo-
nolignans, mainly silybins A and B, isosilybins A and B, silychristins A and B, and their 2, 3 …

Defying multidrug resistance! Modulation of related transporters by flavonoids and flavonolignans

CS Chambers, J Viktorová… - Journal of agricultural …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Multidrug resistance (MDR) is a major challenge for the 21th century in both cancer
chemotherapy and antibiotic treatment of bacterial infections. Efflux pumps and transport …

Simple and rapid HPLC separation and quantification of flavonoid, flavonolignans, and 2, 3-dehydroflavonolignans in silymarin

L Petrásková, K Káňová, D Biedermann, V Křen… - Foods, 2020 - mdpi.com
Herbal preparations from Silybum marianum have been used since the fourth century BC in
liver disease treatment and against numerous other pathologies. Consumption of silymarin …

Pharmaceutical prospects of Silymarin for the treatment of neurological patients: an updated insight

S Ranjan, A Gautam - Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Background Silymarin is a polyphenolic flavonoid complex extricated from dried fruits and
seeds of the plant Silybum marianum L. Chemically, it is a mixture of flavonolignan …

Complex evaluation of antioxidant capacity of milk thistle dietary supplements

J Viktorova, M Stranska-Zachariasova, M Fenclova… - Antioxidants, 2019 - mdpi.com
Numerous in vitro assays are used to characterize the antioxidant properties of natural-
based matrices. However, many of them generate contradictory and non-compliant results …

[HTML][HTML] Flavonolignans from silymarin modulate antibiotic resistance and virulence in Staphylococcus aureus

K Holasová, B Křížkovská, L Hoang… - Biomedicine & …, 2022 - Elsevier
Antibiotic resistance is currently a serious health problem. Since the discovery of new
antibiotics no longer seems to be a sufficient tool in the fight against multidrug-resistant …