Milk Thistle clinical brief
Milk Thistle
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What it is for
Hepatoprotection - general (NAFLD, elevated liver enzymes, toxic hepatitis, alcoholic liver disease)
The clearest current human use case based on dose, outcomes, and clinical coverage.
What moves
Highest-signal biomarkers
Human linked
AST
Hepatic and liver
Decrease
Grade A
ALT
Hepatic and liver
Decrease
Grade A
TG
Lipid response
Decrease
Grade A
Top caution
Drug interaction
Dual inhibition: CYP3A4 metabolism inhibition + P-gp efflux inhibition → reduced cyclosporine clearance
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Dossier live
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Meta-analyses
34
Pooled human evidence
RCTs
151
Randomized clinical trials
Tracked studies
457
Studies currently mapped to this dossier
Preview summary
Clinical opening brief
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Milk Thistle is a compound with its clearest current use in Hepatoprotection - general (NAFLD, elevated liver enzymes, toxic hepatitis, alcoholic liver disease).
This live dossier is anchored by 457 tracked studies, 34 meta-analyses, 151 RCTs and the clearest tracked movement in AST, ALT, TG.
Dual inhibition: CYP3A4 metabolism inhibition + P-gp efflux inhibition → reduced cyclosporine clearance Dual inhibition: CYP3A4 metabolism inhibition + P-gp efflux inhibition → reduced cyclosporine clearance
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