Best ingredients for liver

An acetylated form of the amino acid cysteine that is the rate-limiting precursor for glutathione, the body's principal intracellular antioxidant.

Typical: 600–1,800 mg

A seed extract of milk thistle standardized to silymarin, a flavonolignan complex, and the best-known botanical in liver-support formulas.

Typical: 140–420 mg

SAMe is the body's principal methyl donor, made from methionine and ATP, and participates in neurotransmitter synthesis, phospholipid methylation, and cartilage proteoglycan production.

Typical: 400–1,600 mg

Chlorella is a single-celled freshwater green alga, most commonly Chlorella vulgaris, grown in tanks and dried into a fine green powder.

Typical: 2–5 g

Choline bitartrate is the tartaric acid salt of choline and the most economical way to add this essential nutrient to a formula.

Typical: 250–550 mg

An extract of globe artichoke leaves standardized to cynarin and caffeoylquinic acids, used in digestive, liver, and cholesterol-support formulas.

Typical: 320–640 mg

Sulforaphane is the isothiocyanate formed when glucoraphanin from broccoli seeds or sprouts meets the enzyme myrosinase.

Typical: 100–400 mg

Sunflower lecithin is a mixture of phospholipids, chiefly phosphatidylcholine, phosphatidylinositol, and phosphatidylethanolamine, separated from sunflower oil during degumming.

Typical: 1,200–2,400 mg

An extract of the berries of a woody vine native to northern China and Korea, prized in traditional practice as a five-flavor tonic and used in modern adaptogen, liver, and endurance formulas.

Typical: 500–1,000 mg

The root of the common dandelion, used in traditional practice as a bitter digestive and liver tonic and in modern formulas for liver support and water balance.

Typical: 500–2,000 mg

An essential sulfur-containing amino acid that starts every protein chain and is the precursor to S-adenosylmethionine, the body's main methyl donor, as well as cysteine and glutathione.

Typical: 500–1,000 mg

Molybdenum chelated with glycine, one of the forms NIH ODS lists for supplements along with sodium molybdate and molybdenum chloride, with no comparative bioavailability data among them.

Typical: 45–150 mcg