Plant Carthamus tinctorius (Asteraceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Safflower

How this plant is used

Generally Recognized as Safe

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Sort descending	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
(E)-11-TRIDECENE-3,5,7,9-TETRAYNE-1,2-DIOL	0	Sprout Seedling	5.9	6.2	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(E)-2-HEPTENAL	0	Bud	not available	0.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(E)-2-HEPTENAL	0	Leaf	not available	0.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(E)-2-HEXENAL	2	Flower	0.5	0.6	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
(E)-2-HEXENAL	2	Leaf	not available	1.7	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
(E)-2-HEXENOL	0	Bud	not available	0.2	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(E)-2-HEXENOL	0	Leaf	not available	0.7	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(E)-2-METHYL-2-BUTENAL	0	Bud	not available	0.1	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(E)-2-PENTENAL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(E)-2-PENTENOL	0	Bud	not available	0.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(E)-2-PENTENOL	0	Leaf	not available	0.1	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(E)-BETA-FARNESENE	0	Flower	0.1	0.2	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(E)-BETA-FARNESENE	0	Leaf	not available	0.0	-0.93	Duke, 1992 *
(E,E)-2,4-DECADIENAL	0	Flower	not available	0.2	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(E,E)-3,11-TRIDECADIENE-5,7,9-TRIYNE-1,2-DIOL	0	Sprout Seedling	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(E,Z)-2,8-DECADIENE-4,6-DIYNE-1-YL-3-METHYLBUTYRATE	0	Flower	not available	1.1	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(E,Z,E)-1,3,5,11-TRIDECATETRAENE-7,9-DIYNE	0	Flower	2.0	28.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(E,Z,E)-1,3,5,11-TRIDECATETRAENE-7,9-DIYNE	0	Leaf	not available	3.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(FUNGICIDE)	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(Z)-2-HEPTENAL	0	Bud	not available	0.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity Sort descending	Chemical Count	Reference
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	4 (View Chemicals list for 5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor)	Duke, 1992 *
Absorbent	1 (View Chemicals list for Absorbent)	Martindale's 29th
Acaricide	1 (View Chemicals list for Acaricide)	Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor	1 (View Chemicals list for ACE-Inhibitor)	Duke, 1992 *
AChE-Inhibitor	1 (View Chemicals list for AChE-Inhibitor)	Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Acidulant	1 (View Chemicals list for Acidulant)	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor	3 (View Chemicals list for Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor)	Duke, 1992 *
Allelochemic	2 (View Chemicals list for Allelochemic)	Duke, 1992 *
Allelopathic	1 (View Chemicals list for Allelopathic)	Wright,C.W.(Ed)2002.Medicinal&Aromatic Plants-Industrial Profiles.Artemisia.344pp.Maffei,M.(Ed)2002.Vetiveria.The Genus Vetiveria.Taylor&Francis.NY,NY.191pp.Southwell,I.,Lowe,R.(Eds)1999.Tea Tree.The Genus Melaleuca.Harwood Acad.Pub.Amsterdam,Netherlands.
Allergenic	7 (View Chemicals list for Allergenic)	Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	1 (View Chemicals list for Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor)	Duke, 1992 *
Amphiglycemic?	1 (View Chemicals list for Amphiglycemic?)	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Analgesic	7 (View Chemicals list for Analgesic)	Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic?	1 (View Chemicals list for Androgenic?)	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anemiagenic	1 (View Chemicals list for Anemiagenic)	Duke, 1992 *
Anesthetic	2 (View Chemicals list for Anesthetic)	Duke, 1992 *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker	3 (View Chemicals list for Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker)	Duke, 1992 *
Anorexic	2 (View Chemicals list for Anorexic)	Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications.
Antiacetylcholinesterase	3 (View Chemicals list for Antiacetylcholinesterase)	Duke, 1992 *
Antiacne	9 (View Chemicals list for Antiacne)	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).