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
OLEIC-ACID	18	Seed	11000.0	206580.0	0.72	Duke, 1992 *
P-CYMENE	16	Bud	not available	0.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
P-CYMENE	16	Leaf	not available	0.0	-0.40	Duke, 1992 *
P-XYLENE	0	Flower	0.5	0.2	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID	13	Seed	6000.0	18780.0	-0.31	Duke, 1992 *
PENT-1-EN-3-OL	0	Flower	0.1	0.3	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PENT-3-EN-2-ONE	0	Bud	not available	0.3	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PENTANAL	0	Leaf	not available	0.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PENTANOL	0	Bud	not available	0.1	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHENOL	26	Bud	not available	0.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHENYL-ACETALDEHYDE	2	Flower	not available	1.2	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
PHENYL-ACETALDEHYDE	2	Leaf	not available	0.1	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS	4	Flower	332.0	2370.0	-0.56	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS	4	Plant	not available	3400.0	-0.09	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS	4	Seed	3100.0	3526.0	-0.48	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM	14	Flower	2674.0	19100.0	-0.02	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Flower	20720.0	148000.0	0.06	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Plant	122000.0	170000.0	-0.03	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Seed	126000.0	201000.0	-0.29	Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Flower	0.5	3.6	-0.61	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.