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
Antiradicular	4	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
AntiRaynaud's	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antiretinopathic	1	Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antiretinotic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antirheumatalgic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antirheumatic	6	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antirhinitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antisalmonella	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiscorbutic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antiscotomic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiseptic	9	Martindale's 28th
Antishingles	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antisilicotic	1	Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987.
Antisinusitic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antispare-Tire	1	Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antispasmodic	9	Fitoterapia No.59-1984.
Antispasmophilic	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antispastic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antistaphylococcic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antistomatitic	1	Martindale's 28th