Silychristin

Natural chemical compound

Silychristin is a natural product and one of the constituents of silymarin, the standardized, active extract of the fruit of milk thistle, Silybum marianum. It is the second most abundant constituent in silymarin, after silybin. Silychristin is a flavonolignan, along with many other silymarin constituents, meaning it is composed up of a flavonoid and a lignan. It is estimated that up to 65–80% of silymarin extract is made up of flavonolignans, like silychristin, which give silymarin its well known potent antioxidant and hepatoprotective properties. Silychristin can exist as two stereoisomers, silychristin A and silychristin B. The marianum variety of S. marianum includes silychristin A as a major flavonolignan constituent, while the lesser known and studied albiflorum variety includes unique flavonolignans, including silyhermin, (–)-silandrin, and (+)-silymonin.

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