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A powerful medical herb, milk thistle (Silybum marianum) has long been used to enhance liver, spleen, and kidney functions, promote milk production, alleviate period cramps, reduce depression, and diminish gallstones and jaundice. Milk thistle may greatly enhance carcass components, body weight, and feed intake in quail diets, according to studies. When added to Japanese quail diets, milk thistle powder enhanced carcass components, body weight, and feed intake. Along with a drop in HDL, ALT, and AST, blood components including albumin and total protein also improved. Plasma's antioxidant total was likewise markedly enhanced by the addition of milk thistle levels. Silymarin consumption in quail diets raised albumin, vitamin D3, and white blood cell counts. Even in poor conditions, milk thistle is still a crop that may be utilized for a variety of reasons, despite the increased interest in natural medicine, herbal food supplements, and livestock feeding. Common agronomic procedures are difficult to use because of a number of unresolved difficulties, including the species' physiological and morphological characteristics that are similar to those of non-domesticated plants. Another significant barrier to the dissemination of this crop among farmers is the absence of trustworthy field data needed to establish appropriate planting practices. The purpose of this study is to provide current knowledge on the primary morphological and phytochemical properties, agronomic aspects, and new applications of milk thistle. In order to assist farmers in growing this difficult and resource-rich crop, it also fills in technical knowledge gaps and specifies additional objectives for experimental activities.