Simply Earth Milk Thistle Powder Powder Milk thistle, also called silybum, holy thistle and silymarin, is a member of the Asteraceae or daisy family. Keep your liver moving along with the power of milk thistle powder. High in protein, milk thistle seeds have been used in traditional medicine for centuries. The compounds in milk thistle seed are dominantly flavonoids and include silymarin, silybin, iso silybin and silibinin. Flavonoids act as powerful antioxidants, scavenging for reactive oxygen species in vivo. The flavonoid compounds found in milk thistles may support liver function.
