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	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
BENZENE	3	Flower	0.1	0.3	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BENZOTHIAZOLE	0	Flower	not available	0.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BENZOTHIAZOLE	0	Leaf	not available	0.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Flower	13.0	90.0	0.77	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CYCLOCITRAL	0	Flower	not available	0.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CYCLOCITRAL	0	Leaf	not available	0.1	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-IONONE	13	Flower	0.1	0.9	-0.59	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-IONONE	13	Leaf	not available	0.1	-0.97	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SELINENE	3	Flower	0.1	0.3	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SELINENE	3	Leaf	not available	0.1	-0.52	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Flower	620.0	4430.0	-0.37	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Plant	not available	17000.0	0.36	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Seed	1260.0	1324.0	-0.52	Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES	0	Plant	692000.0	892000.0	1.41	Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES	0	Seed	124000.0	530000.0	0.03	Duke, 1992 *
CARTHAMIN	1	Flower	3000.0	6000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CARTHAMONE	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CARYOPHYLLENE	31	Flower	43.0	50.0	-0.75	Duke, 1992 *
CARYOPHYLLENE	31	Leaf	27.0	28.0	-0.65	Duke, 1992 *
CARYOPHYLLENE-EPOXIDE	6	Flower	2.4	4.5	not available	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).