Milk thistle seeds contain a flavonoid complex known as silymarin composed of silybin, silydianin and silychristin. Research has shown that the absorption of silybin is the key to unlocking the health benefits of milk thistle.

Regular silybin is poorly absorbed and easily destroyed when it enters the stomach and digestive tract. Siliphos^? is developed using Indena’s proprietary Phytosome^? technology developed specifically to optimize silybin absorption.

The Phytosome^? process is used to bind the silybin with phosphatidylcholine – a key component of cell membranes – to form Siliphos^? and enhance the absorption of silybin to deliver more of this active ingredient.^? Siliphos^? has been shown to produce a 4-fold higher liver bioavailability compared to regular silybin milk thistle extracts.

 

^{Source Study: Kidd, Parris & Head, Kathleen. (2005). A review of the bioavailability and clinical efficacy of milk thistle phytosome: A silybin-phosphatidylcholine complex (Siliphos?). Alternative medicine review : a journal of clinical therapeutic. 10. 193-203.}