[Robin Lodal]

Originally Posted by Ladymom

I am not familiar with that chew.

Dr. Sharon Center specifically recommended Marin to a member on another forum for her Maltese with MVD.

"I had been giving him Milk Thistle, the kind you get at GNC, but in a conversation with Dr. Center from Cornell, she said unless it had silibinun, it was useless. She recommended Marin (which you can order from Entirely Pets.)."

I looked it up and apparently Silibinin(silybin) is the major active ingredient in Silimarin.

Silibinin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Marin is silybin, but most of the other milk thistle you can buy is only Silimarin.

GNC Herbal Plus® Standardized Milk Thistle - GNC HERBAL PLUS STANDARDIZED - GNC

Eclectic Institute Freeze-Dried Milk Thistle -- 120 Vegetarian Capsules - Vitacost

Shew, that's all so confusing to me. Its almost like a foreign language.. I am going to have to read it all a few times to let it digest. Thanks!