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
LIMONENE	60	Bud	not available	0.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LIMONENE	60	Leaf	not available	0.0	-0.45	Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID	27	Seed	122000.0	481394.0	3.21	Duke, 1992 *
LINOLENIC-ACID	0	Seed	5200.0	16276.0	-0.30	Duke, 1992 *
LUTEOLIN-7-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
M-XYLENE	0	Bud	not available	0.1	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM	65	Flower	260.0	1860.0	-0.69	Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE	14	Flower	0.4	3.1	-0.38	Duke, 1992 *
MATAIRESINOL-4-O-BETA-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MATAIRESINOSIDE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MERCURY	1	Flower	not available	0.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-CINNAMATE	5	Flower	not available	0.1	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
MUCILAGE	3	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MYRISTIC-ACID	6	Seed	3000.0	9390.0	-0.17	Duke, 1992 *
NEOCARTHAMIN	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN	39	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN	39	Seed	5.0	5.3	-1.13	Duke, 1992 *
NONANAL	0	Flower	0.0	0.1	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
NONANAL	0	Leaf	not available	0.1	not available	Duke, 1992 *
O-XYLENE	0	Flower	0.5	0.1	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
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.