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
ALLO-AROMADENDRENE	0	Bud	not available	0.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-CEDRENE	3	Flower	0.2	1.4	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-COPAENE	0	Flower	0.2	0.2	-0.87	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-COPAENE	0	Leaf	not available	0.1	-0.36	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-GURJUNENE	0	Bud	not available	0.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-MUUROLENE	0	Bud	not available	0.1	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE	11	Bud	not available	0.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE	11	Leaf	not available	0.0	-0.31	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL	32	Oil	not available	449.0	-0.04	Duke, 1992 *
ALUMINUM	5	Flower	12.0	84.0	-0.25	Duke, 1992 *
ARACHIDIC-ACID	0	Seed	1000.0	3130.0	-0.35	Duke, 1992 *
ARSENIC	2	Flower	not available	0.5	0.64	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Flower	14.0	100.0	-0.80	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Seed	not available	0.0	-0.34	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Flower	5320.0	38000.0	-0.70	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Plant	15000.0	122000.0	0.02	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Seed	40000.0	45000.0	-0.09	Duke, 1992 *
BEHENIC-ACID	1	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BENZALDEHYDE	24	Bud	not available	0.1	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BENZALDEHYDE	24	Leaf	not available	0.0	-0.47	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Energizer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Enterocontractant	1	J. Aromatherapy 4: 22.
Ergogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Erythrocytogenic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Expectorant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Fibrinolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Fistula-Preventive	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
FLavor	13	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Fungicide	7	Duke, 1992 *
Fungiphilic	1	J. Agric. Food Chem. 43: 2283.
Fungistat	2	Duke, 1992 *
Gastroprotective	2	Duke, 1992 *
GST-Inducer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hemolytic	2	Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
Hepatoprotective	2	Duke, 1992 *
Hepatotoxic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Herbicide	3	Keeler, R.F. and Tu, A.T. eds. 1991. Toxicology of Plant and Fungal Compounds. (Handbook of Natural Toxins Vol. 6) Marcel Dekker, Inc. NY. 665 pp.
Histaminic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hypercholesterolemic	3	Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
Hypertensive	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.