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
CARYOPHYLLENE-EPOXIDE	6	Leaf	not available	1.1	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
CHROMIUM	24	Flower	0.4	3.1	0.08	Duke, 1992 *
COBALT	2	Flower	0.4	2.6	-0.41	Duke, 1992 *
COPPER	12	Flower	20.0	26.0	1.86	Duke, 1992 *
CYCLOSATIVENE	0	Bud	not available	0.1	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DECA-4,6-DIYN-1-OL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DECA-4,6-DIYN-1-YL-3-METHYLBUTYRATE	0	Flower	0.7	12.2	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DECA-4,6-DIYN-1-YL-3-METHYLBUTYRATE	0	Leaf	not available	0.6	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DECANAL	0	Flower	not available	0.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DECANAL	0	Leaf	not available	0.0	-0.71	Duke, 1992 *
DECANE	0	Bud	not available	0.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DELTA-CADINENE	9	Flower	0.6	0.8	-1.08	Duke, 1992 *
DELTA-CADINENE	9	Leaf	not available	0.1	-0.46	Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROACTINIDIOLIDE	0	Flower	0.0	0.1	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ETHYL-ACETATE	6	Flower	0.0	0.1	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
ETHYLBENZENE	0	Flower	0.4	0.5	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Flower	8820.0	63000.0	0.08	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Plant	16000.0	51000.0	-0.01	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Seed	200000.0	626000.0	1.90	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER	15	Flower	not available	93000.0	-0.47	Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antistreptococcic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antistress	4	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antistroke	3	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
Antisyndrome-X	6	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
Antitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antitinnitic	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antitriglyceride	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antitumor	10	Zheng, G-Q., Kenney, P.M., and Lam, L.K.T. Sesquiterpenes From Clove (Eugenia caryophyllata) As Potential Anticarcinogenic Agents. Journal of Natural Products 55(7): 999-1003, 1992.
Antitumor (Bladder)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (brain)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Breast)	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (CNS)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Colon)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Gastric)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Lung)	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Pancreas)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Prostate)	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Stomach)	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor-Promoter	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitussive	1	Chin. J. Tuber. Respir. Dis.