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.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
ALLO-AROMADENDRENE	0	Bud	not available	0.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-CEDRENE	3	Flower	0.2	1.4	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-COPAENE	0	Flower	0.2	0.2	-0.87	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-COPAENE	0	Leaf	not available	0.1	-0.36	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-GURJUNENE	0	Bud	not available	0.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-MUUROLENE	0	Bud	not available	0.1	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE	11	Bud	not available	0.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE	11	Leaf	not available	0.0	-0.31	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL	32	Oil	not available	449.0	-0.04	Duke, 1992 *
ALUMINUM	5	Flower	12.0	84.0	-0.25	Duke, 1992 *
ARACHIDIC-ACID	0	Seed	1000.0	3130.0	-0.35	Duke, 1992 *
ARSENIC	2	Flower	not available	0.5	0.64	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Flower	14.0	100.0	-0.80	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Seed	not available	0.0	-0.34	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Flower	5320.0	38000.0	-0.70	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Plant	15000.0	122000.0	0.02	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Seed	40000.0	45000.0	-0.09	Duke, 1992 *
BEHENIC-ACID	1	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BENZALDEHYDE	24	Bud	not available	0.1	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BENZALDEHYDE	24	Leaf	not available	0.0	-0.47	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	4	Duke, 1992 *
Absorbent	1	Martindale's 29th
Acaricide	1	Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
AChE-Inhibitor	1	Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Acidulant	1	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor	3	Duke, 1992 *
Allelochemic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Allelopathic	1	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	Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Amphiglycemic?	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Analgesic	7	Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic?	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anemiagenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anesthetic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker	3	Duke, 1992 *
Anorexic	2	Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications.
Antiacetylcholinesterase	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antiacne	9	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).