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Silibinin (Liver? I hardly knew her!)

By moleculeoftheday on April 3, 2008.

As Uncle Al mentioned, many antioxidants are ill-tolerated by the liver. However, it loves one antioxidant: silibinin.

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Silibinin, found in Blessed Milk Thistle, is actually hepatoprotective - to the extent that it's used in toxic mushroom poisoning in hospitals in Europe!

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