Volume: 39 Issue: 1
‘CIMAP SIL-9’: A Dwarf and High Silymarin Yielding Variety of Milk Thistle (Silybum marianum)
Year: 2017, Page: 44-48, Doi: https://doi.org/10.62029/jmaps.v39i1.Gupta
Received: Oct. 27, 2016 Accepted: Dec. 30, 2016 Published: July 1, 2017
Silybum marianum commonly known as milk thistle is a herb belonging to the family Asteraceae. The ripe seeds of the plant contain silymarin which is used as medicine for treating diseases like liver cirrhosis, jaundice, hepatitis and liver poisoning. Other major medicinal properties of Silybum are anticancer, antidepressant, antioxidant, cardio protective, demulcent, digestive tonic, hepatoprotective, hepatoregenerative, immunostimulatory and neuroprotective. A new variety of Silymarin named as “CIMAP SIL 9” has been developed by CSIR-CIMAP through directed breeding efforts. The developed variety has silymarin content of 8% and has an appropriate height of 80-90 cm, making its harvesting very easy. Whereas, the check (CIM Liv) is very tall which makes its handling very difficult. The variety therefore has a dual advantage of dwarfness combined with very high content of silymarin.
Keywords: CIM- Liv, genotypes, Hepatoprotective, Population improvement, Silymarin
© CSIR – Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, P.O. CIMAP, Lucknow, UP- 226015, India
Anil Kumar Gupta, Madan Mohan Gupta, Tripta Jhang, Late Ravindra Saini, Dharmendra Saikia, Raj Kishori Lal, Late Hari OM Mishra, OM Prakash Dhawan, Alok Kalra, Rakesh Pandey, Harmesh Singh Chauhan, Ajit Kumar Shasany, Ram Kishore Verma, Nisha Banerjee, Shubhra Rastogi, Sudeep Tandon, Ashok Kumar Srivastava, Sanjay Yadav, Mohammad Zaim, Ravi Prakash Bansal, Virendra Kumar Singh Tomar, Hemendra Pratap Singh, Alok Krishna. 2017. ‘CIMAP SIL-9’: A Dwarf and High Silymarin Yielding Variety of Milk Thistle (Silybum marianum). J Med Aromat Plant Sci 39: 44-48.
