General Details
Product name: Milk Thistle Seed Oil
Plant latin name:Silybum marianum (L.) Gaertn.
Used part: Dry Seeds
Production method: Cold Press
Appearance: Yellow Oil
Health Benefits
Milk thistle is an herb that has been used for thousands of years to protect the liver. Milk thistle seed oil is extracted from milk thistle seeds, containing linoleic acid, oleic acid, linolenic acid. It is rich in a variety of unsaturated fatty acids, vitamins and minerals, especially vitamin E, zinc and selenium, it’s a special health edible oil with health benefits.
Main ingredients of milk thistle seed oil: oleic acid, linoleic acid, vitamin E, vitamin K1 and so on.
Oleic acid lowers total cholesterol and harmful cholesterol in the blood without lowering beneficial cholesterol. People call oleic acid “safe fatty acids”
Linoleic acid is an essential fatty acid in human and animal nutrition, which can lower blood cholesterol and prevent atherosclerosis.
The study found that cholesterol must be combined with linoleic acid before it metabolizes in the body. In the absence of linoleic acid, cholesterol will bind to saturated fatty acids result in metabolic disorders, deposit on the walls of blood vessels, and gradually forming atherosclerosis, causing cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases.
Vitamin E is stable to heat and acid. It can promote reproduction, and promote the secretion of sex hormones, increase the vitality and quantity of men’s sperm; increase the concentration of female estrogen, improve fertility and prevent abortion.
Other health benefits of vitamin E include protecting T lymphocytes, protecting red blood cells, resisting free radical oxidation, and inhibiting platelet aggregation to reduce the risk of myocardial infarction and cerebral infarction.
Vitamin K1 promotes blood coagulation; promotes the synthesis of prothrombin in the liver; increases intestinal peristalsis and secretion.