Silymarin
by MRM · capsule · 60 vegan capsules
- Off the market since September 2021 (NIH)
- UPC 6 09492 61010
- DSLD label 178871
- Serving 1 vegan capsule
- 60 servings
Silymarin by MRM lists 2 ingredients, 2 with an amount per serving of 1 vegan capsule, such as 250 mg of BioSorb silymarin complex. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on July 25, 2018.
What is in Silymarin?
Each row as the label prints it, per serving of 1 vegan capsule. The capsule beside an amount places it among every product in the NIH database that lists the same ingredient: the bar is the middle half of their amounts, the line in it the median, the whiskers the 10th and 90th percentiles; the green tick is the FDA Daily Value and the red dashed tick the adult upper limit (IOM).
| Ingredient | Amount | % DV | Among products listing it |
|---|---|---|---|
| BioSorb Silymarin Complexas Milk Thistle extractBioSorb Silymarin Complex (Form: enhanced Milk Thistle extract Note: yielding) | 250 mg | Higher than 62% of 1,277 products listing milk thistle (median 175 mg). Per day at the most servings: 500 mg. | |
| Silymarin | 50 mg | 81% of 208 products listing silymarin give more (median 116 mg). Per day at the most servings: 100 mg. |
Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 178871 (entered July 25, 2018), version 9.4.0. See the label on DSLD. Amounts are what the maker printed; DSLD does not test products. Daily Values: the FDA's Daily Value page.
Is that a lot?
Every amount on this label with a position sits within the middle 80% of the products that list the same ingredient.
The NIH database records 1 to 2 servings a day from the label's directions; its % Daily Values are for adults and children 4 or more years of age. The directions as printed are further down this page.
The Tolerable Upper Intake Level is the most of a nutrient per day, from food, water and supplements together, that is likely to pose no risk for almost all adults (Institute of Medicine, 2011). It does not apply under medical supervision. This page compares labels; it is not medical advice.
Sources: amounts from the DSLD label; Daily Values from 21 CFR 101.9(c)(8)(iv); adult upper limits from the Institute of Medicine's DRI summary tables (2011). How positions are computed.
Which products have the closest formulas?
6 products list the very same ingredients; the nearest amounts come first.
- Silymarin 80Metagenics same ingredients
- Milk Thistle SeedVitamer Laboratories · off the market same ingredients
- Milk Thistle SeedVitaCeutical Labs · off the market same ingredients
- Milk Thistle 140 mgNature Made same ingredients
- Milk Thistle 140 mg ExtractNature Made same ingredients
- Milk Thistle 100 mgKirkman same ingredients
Source: ingredient lists of every product's current label in DSLD (version 9.4.0); similarity weights each shared ingredient by how rare it is.
What does the label say about taking it?
Quoted from the label as DSLD transcribed it: the maker's words, including any claim about what the product does, which the FDA has not evaluated and PlainVitamins does not endorse.
- Directions
- Suggested Usage: Take 1 capsule with a meal up to 2 times daily or as directed by your qualified healthcare provider.
- Allergens and what it does not contain
- Contains no added milk, egg, peanut, tree nut, fish, shellfish, soy, wheat, gluten, or yeast ingredients.
Source: label statements in DSLD label 178871.
What else is on the label?
Other ingredients: Rice Flour, Magnesium Stearate, Cellulose Capsule.
Seals and symbols as the label prints them (the maker's; a certifier's own list confirms a seal): Certified Vegan Vegan.org; GMP Produced in a certified facility Good Manufacturing Practices. Listed with: Certified Vegan (Vegan Action) (a seal is the label's claim; the certifier's own list confirms it).
How many labels does Silymarin have?
3 labels are on file under this name since October 10, 2014: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.
- Label 178871 (current) Entered July 25, 2018 · off the market September 20, 2021 · 60 vegan capsules · UPC 6 09492 61010
- Label 46628 Entered June 25, 2015 · off the market January 23, 2018 · 60 vegetarian capsules · UPC 6 09492 61010
- Label 37105 Entered October 10, 2014 · off the market May 26, 2015 · 60 vegetarian capsules · UPC 6 09492 61010
DSLD also links this label to: Silymarin with BioSorb (image difference, same product).
Source: DSLD label entry and market events, version 9.4.0 (labels entered through September 25, 2025).
Who makes it?
The label names MRM (manufacturer, distributor), Oceanside, CA. All MRM products.