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
(E)-11-TRIDECENE-3,5,7,9-TETRAYNE-1,2-DIOL	0	Sprout Seedling	5.9	6.2	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(E)-2-HEPTENAL	0	Bud	not available	0.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(E)-2-HEPTENAL	0	Leaf	not available	0.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(E)-2-HEXENAL	2	Flower	0.5	0.6	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
(E)-2-HEXENAL	2	Leaf	not available	1.7	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
(E)-2-HEXENOL	0	Bud	not available	0.2	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(E)-2-HEXENOL	0	Leaf	not available	0.7	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(E)-2-METHYL-2-BUTENAL	0	Bud	not available	0.1	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(E)-2-PENTENAL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(E)-2-PENTENOL	0	Bud	not available	0.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(E)-2-PENTENOL	0	Leaf	not available	0.1	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(E)-BETA-FARNESENE	0	Flower	0.1	0.2	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(E)-BETA-FARNESENE	0	Leaf	not available	0.0	-0.93	Duke, 1992 *
(E,E)-2,4-DECADIENAL	0	Flower	not available	0.2	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(E,E)-3,11-TRIDECADIENE-5,7,9-TRIYNE-1,2-DIOL	0	Sprout Seedling	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(E,Z)-2,8-DECADIENE-4,6-DIYNE-1-YL-3-METHYLBUTYRATE	0	Flower	not available	1.1	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(E,Z,E)-1,3,5,11-TRIDECATETRAENE-7,9-DIYNE	0	Flower	2.0	28.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(E,Z,E)-1,3,5,11-TRIDECATETRAENE-7,9-DIYNE	0	Leaf	not available	3.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(FUNGICIDE)	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(Z)-2-HEPTENAL	0	Bud	not available	0.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Hypocholesterolemic	13	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Hypoglycemic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Hypolipidemic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hypotensive	7	Duke, 1992 *
Hypouricemic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Immunomodulator	9	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Immunostimulant	6	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Immunosuppressant	1	Martindale's 29th
Insecticide	4	Duke, 1992 *
Insectifuge	10	Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Insectiphile	1	Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
Insulinogenic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Interferon-Synergist	1	Duke, 1992 *
Interferonogenic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Interleukin-6-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Irritant	7	Duke, 1992 *
Larvicide	3	Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Laxative	5	Duke, 1992 *
Leptingenic	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
Lipolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *