Table 2.

Policosanol composition of milk thistle oil extracted from mature seeds

Policosanol (Chemical formula)	Percent
Docosan-1-ol (C22-OH)	1.52 ± 0.24
Tricosan-1-ol (C23-OH)	2.12 ± 0.39
Tetracosan-1-ol (C24-OH)	2.02 ± 0.50
Hexacosan-1-ol (C26 -OH)	2.50 ± 0.16
Heptacosan-1-ol (C27−OH)	1.90 ± 0.25
Octacosan-1-ol (C28-OH)	75.44 ± 2.41
Nonacosan-1-ol (C29-OH)	2.55 ± 0.62
Triacontan-1-ol (C30-OH)	8.61 ± 1.20
Dotriacontan-1-ol (C32-OH)	3.34 ± 0.56

Values were expressed as means ± SD of triplicate experiments