Primary Research · 2007
Silymarin for the treatment of acute clinical hepatitis: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
Rambaldi A, Jacobs BP, Gluud C · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2007
Key finding
Cochrane meta-analysis of 18 RCTs (n=1,088) in alcoholic and/or viral liver disease found silymarin did not significantly reduce mortality or complications — tempering the popular perception of milk thistle as broadly hepatoprotective.
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Milk Thistle (Silymarin)
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