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
(Z)-2-PENTENOL	0	Bud	not available	0.2	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(Z)-3-HEXENOL	0	Bud	not available	0.6	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(Z)-3-HEXENOL	0	Leaf	not available	1.4	-1.20	Duke, 1992 *
(Z)-3-HEXENYL-BENZOATE	0	Bud	not available	0.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(Z)-3-HEXENYL-BENZOATE	0	Leaf	not available	0.1	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(Z)-3-HEXENYL-BUTYRATE	0	Leaf	not available	0.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(Z)-8-DECENE-4,6-DIYNE-1-YL-3-METHYLBUTYRATE	0	Flower	0.9	19.7	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(Z)-8-DECENE-4,6-DIYNE-1-YL-3-METHYLBUTYRATE	0	Leaf	not available	0.1	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(Z,Z)-1,8,11-HEPTADECATRIENE	0	Flower	0.7	1.4	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(Z,Z)-1,8,11-HEPTADECATRIENE	0	Leaf	not available	1.7	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(Z,Z)-3,11-TRIDECATRIENE-5,7,9-TRIYNE	0	Flower	not available	0.8	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(Z,Z,Z)-1,8,11,14-HEPTADECATETRAENE	0	Flower	1.5	7.8	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1,2,3-TRIMETHOXY-5-METHYL-BENZENE	0	Flower	not available	1.1	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1-HEPTADECENE	0	Flower	not available	0.5	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1-HEPTADECENE	0	Sprout Seedling	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1-HEXADECENE	0	Flower	0.1	0.1	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1-HEXADECENE	0	Leaf	not available	0.2	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1-PENTADECENE	1	Flower	9.0	110.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1-PENTADECENE	1	Leaf	not available	138.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1-TRIDECENE	0	Bud	not available	0.2	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Comedolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Contraceptive	1	Martindale's 28th
Copper-Antagonist	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
Cosmetic	3	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
COX-1-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
COX-2-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cytochrome-P450-Inducer	2	Duke, 1992 *
Demulcent	1	Duke, 1992 *
Deodorant	1	Martindale's 29th
Depressant	1	Cooper-Driver, G. A., Chemical substances in plants toxic to animals, pp. 213-47 in Rechcigl, M., Jr., ed. CRC Handbook of Naturally Occurring Food Toxicants, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1983, 339 pp.
Dermal	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Dermatitigenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Detoxicant	2	Duke, 1992 *
Detoxicant (Alcohol)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Diuretic	6	Duke, 1992 *
Dye	1	Merck 11th Edition
Emetic	2	Martindale's 29th
Emollient	1	Martindale's 29th
Encephalopathic	1	Martindale's 29th