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
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