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
TRIDECANE	0	Bud	not available	0.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
UBIQUINONE-9	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VERBENONE	5	Flower	not available	0.2	not available	Duke, 1992 *
WATER	0	Flower	not available	860000.0	0.31	Duke, 1992 *
WATER	0	Seed	48000.0	50000.0	-0.68	Duke, 1992 *
ZINC	77	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Calcium-Channel-Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cancer-Preventive	15	Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Candidicide	4	Martindale's 28th
Candidistat	1	Duke, 1992 *
Carcinogenic	2	Science News, 146: 421.
Cardiomyopathogenic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Cardioprotective	11	Duke, 1992 *
Cardiosedative	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cardiotonic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cardiotoxic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Carminative	1	Duke, 1992 *
Chemopreventive	2	Duke, 1992 *
Choleretic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cholesterolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Circulotonic	2	Duke, 1992 *
CNS-Depressant	3	Martindale's 29th
Cold-preventive	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Coleopterifuge	1	Duke, 1992 *
Collagenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Colorant	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.