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
FIBER	15	Plant	109000.0	582000.0	2.66	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER	15	Seed	251000.0	582000.0	3.53	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER(CRUDE)	0	Flower	not available	93000.0	0.83	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER(DIETARY)	0	Flower	not available	290000.0	-0.22	Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-MUUROLENE	0	Bud	not available	0.1	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-TOCOPHEROL	14	Oil	not available	26.0	-1.25	Duke, 1992 *
GERMACRENE-D	2	Leaf	not available	0.0	-0.53	Duke, 1992 *
HEXANAL	5	Bud	not available	0.1	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEXANOL	3	Bud	not available	0.3	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEXANOL	3	Leaf	not available	1.1	1.41	Duke, 1992 *
HEXYL-3-METHYL-BUTYRATE	0	Bud	not available	0.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HUMULENE	2	Flower	1.6	2.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HUMULENE	2	Leaf	not available	1.1	-0.47	Duke, 1992 *
IRON	6	Flower	1.0	8.0	-1.05	Duke, 1992 *
IRON	6	Seed	97.0	102.0	-0.23	Duke, 1992 *
ISOCARTHAMIN	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL-GLYCOSIDE	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KILOCALORIES	0	Seed	4820.0	6470.0	1.26	Duke, 1992 *
LAURIC-ACID	7	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LIGNOCERIC-ACID	1	Seed	not available	not available	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 *