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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

 Carthamus tinctorius (Asteraceae)

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Common name(s)
Safflower
How used
GRAS

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# Activity Chemical Name Part Low PPM High PPM StdDev *Reference
0 (E)-11-TRIDECENE-3,5,7,9-TETRAYNE-1,2-DIOL Sprout Seedling 5.9 6.2 -- *
0 (E)-2-HEPTENAL Leaf -- 0.0 -- *
0 (E)-2-HEPTENAL Bud -- 0.0 -- *
2 (E)-2-HEXENAL Flower 0.5 0.6 -1.00 *
2 (E)-2-HEXENAL Leaf -- 1.7 -1.00 *
0 (E)-2-HEXENOL Leaf -- 0.7 -- *
0 (E)-2-HEXENOL Bud -- 0.2 -- *
0 (E)-2-METHYL-2-BUTENAL Bud -- 0.1 -- *
0 (E)-2-PENTENAL Plant -- -- -- *
0 (E)-2-PENTENOL Bud -- 0.0 -- *
0 (E)-2-PENTENOL Leaf -- 0.1 -- *
0 (E)-BETA-FARNESENE Leaf -- 0.0 -0.93 *
0 (E)-BETA-FARNESENE Flower 0.1 0.2 -- *
0 (E,E)-2,4-DECADIENAL Flower -- 0.2 -- *
0 (E,E)-3,11-TRIDECADIENE-5,7,9-TRIYNE-1,2-DIOL Sprout Seedling -- -- -- *
0 (E,Z)-2,8-DECADIENE-4,6-DIYNE-1-YL-3-METHYLBUTYRATE Flower -- 1.1 -- *
0 (E,Z,E)-1,3,5,11-TRIDECATETRAENE-7,9-DIYNE Flower 2.0 28.0 -- *
0 (E,Z,E)-1,3,5,11-TRIDECATETRAENE-7,9-DIYNE Leaf -- 3.0 -- *
0 (FUNGICIDE) Plant -- -- -- *
0 (Z)-2-HEPTENAL Bud -- 0.0 -- *
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*Unless otherwise noted all references are to Duke, James A. 1992. Handbook of phytochemical constituents of GRAS herbs and other economic plants. Boca Raton, FL. CRC Press.