Milk Thistle Seed Botanical Extract DIY Silymarin Detox Powder Raw Natural Material Antioxidant 8 oz

- Standardization: 80% Silymarin. - Common Uses: Milk Thistle is a powerful antioxidant. Like any bioflavonoid complex, Milk Thistle is believed to exert powerful antioxidant effect through its constituent of silymarin, which is known to provide protection against environmental stressors. - Botanical extracts are most easily added to formulations by first dissolving the extract in a suitable solvent such as alcohol (vodka or another grain alcohol with less scent), water, glycerin or mixture of solvent (water : alcohol or water : glycerin) and adding this tincture to your product - Tincture Instructions: Milk Thistle has an extract ratio of 20:1 meaning 20 kg of Milk Thistle is used to produce 1 kg of extract. Since you want the 100 ml tincture to contain 20 g of the raw plant, you should add 1 g of extract to 100 ml of suitable solvent. Remember that with the tincture once they are moistened, they must be used right away unless a proper preservative is used. - Shelf Life: Stable.