• Sujit Chavan
• Dr. Pravin badhe

Abstract : India has a long history of employing a variety of plants medicinally. Remediation plants are working together in a very active position in conventional medications for the treatment of various illnesses. Yet, the lack of documentation and strict quality control methods has been a major barrier to the promotion of alternative medicine use in wealthy nations. There is an interest in the results of every investigation of conventional treatments that appears to be certification. This review's objective is to provide current information on the botany, morphology, phytochemistry, and pharmacological activity of various Silybum marianum. The technical literature for this review was compiled utilising databases like Google scholar, etc. The tall herb S. marianum, which belongs to the Asteraceae family, has broad, prickly white-veined green leaves and a reddish-purple bloom with sharp spines at the terminal. Milk thistle is now common in Central Europe, Central Asia, and South Australia, Western Asia, North Africa, North and South America. Confident chemical constituents were exposed cognate as silybin A, silybin B, isosilybin A, isosilybin B, silychristin, silydianin, kaempferol, taxifolin and quercetin. The plant is only used as an antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, anti-cancer, hepatoprotective agent.

keywords: Silybum marianum, Asteraceae, Phytochemistry, Pharmacological

"MILK THISTLE (SILYBUM MARIANUM) : REVIEW ON ITS MORPHOLOGY, CHEMISTRY & PHARMACOLOGICAL ACTIVITY", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.10, Issue 5, page no.m299-m305, May-2023, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2305C44.pdf

"MILK THISTLE (SILYBUM MARIANUM) : REVIEW ON ITS MORPHOLOGY, CHEMISTRY & PHARMACOLOGICAL ACTIVITY", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.10, Issue 5, page no. ppm299-m305, May-2023, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2305C44.pdf