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
BENZENE	3	Flower	0.1	0.3	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BENZOTHIAZOLE	0	Flower	not available	0.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BENZOTHIAZOLE	0	Leaf	not available	0.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Flower	13.0	90.0	0.77	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CYCLOCITRAL	0	Flower	not available	0.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CYCLOCITRAL	0	Leaf	not available	0.1	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-IONONE	13	Flower	0.1	0.9	-0.59	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-IONONE	13	Leaf	not available	0.1	-0.97	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SELINENE	3	Flower	0.1	0.3	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SELINENE	3	Leaf	not available	0.1	-0.52	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Flower	620.0	4430.0	-0.37	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Plant	not available	17000.0	0.36	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Seed	1260.0	1324.0	-0.52	Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES	0	Plant	692000.0	892000.0	1.41	Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES	0	Seed	124000.0	530000.0	0.03	Duke, 1992 *
CARTHAMIN	1	Flower	3000.0	6000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CARTHAMONE	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CARYOPHYLLENE	31	Flower	43.0	50.0	-0.75	Duke, 1992 *
CARYOPHYLLENE	31	Leaf	27.0	28.0	-0.65	Duke, 1992 *
CARYOPHYLLENE-EPOXIDE	6	Flower	2.4	4.5	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Osteogenic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Ozone-Scavenger	1	Duke, 1992 *
P450-Inducer	3	Duke, 1992 *
Percutaneostimulant	1	Seki, T., Toeda, C., Kawaguchi, T., Juni, K., Sugibayashi, K., and Morimoto, Y. 1990. Enhanced Transdermal Delivery of Zidovudine in Rats and Human Skin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(11): 3086-3089, 1990.
Perfume	1	Zebovitz, T. C. Ed. 1989. Part VII. Flavor and Fragrance Substances, in Keith L. H. and Walters, D.B., eds. Compendium of Safety Data Sheets for Research and Industrial Chemicals. VCH Publishers, New York. 3560-4253.
Perfumery	8	Merck 11th Edition
Peristaltic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Pesticide	25	Duke, 1992 *
Phagocytotic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Pheromone	1	Duke, 1992 *
Photosensitizer	1	Rinzler, C. A. 1990. The Complete Book of Herbs, Spices and Condiments. Facts on File, New York. 199 pp.
PKC-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Polyamine-Synthesis-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Poultice	1	Martindale's 29th
Prooxidant	2	Duke, 1992 *
Propecic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Prostaglandin-Sparer	1	Fujita, T., Nakatani, E., Funaishi, N., Sakuma, S., Fujimoto, Y. Potent inhibition of prostaglandin inactivation in rabbit gastric antral mucosal slices by selenium ions in-vitro. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 655-657, 1990.
Protein-Kinase-C-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Renoirritant	1	Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Respirainhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *