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
(Z)-2-PENTENOL	0	Bud	not available	0.2	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(Z)-3-HEXENOL	0	Bud	not available	0.6	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(Z)-3-HEXENOL	0	Leaf	not available	1.4	-1.20	Duke, 1992 *
(Z)-3-HEXENYL-BENZOATE	0	Bud	not available	0.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(Z)-3-HEXENYL-BENZOATE	0	Leaf	not available	0.1	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(Z)-3-HEXENYL-BUTYRATE	0	Leaf	not available	0.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(Z)-8-DECENE-4,6-DIYNE-1-YL-3-METHYLBUTYRATE	0	Flower	0.9	19.7	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(Z)-8-DECENE-4,6-DIYNE-1-YL-3-METHYLBUTYRATE	0	Leaf	not available	0.1	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(Z,Z)-1,8,11-HEPTADECATRIENE	0	Flower	0.7	1.4	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(Z,Z)-1,8,11-HEPTADECATRIENE	0	Leaf	not available	1.7	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(Z,Z)-3,11-TRIDECATRIENE-5,7,9-TRIYNE	0	Flower	not available	0.8	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(Z,Z,Z)-1,8,11,14-HEPTADECATETRAENE	0	Flower	1.5	7.8	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1,2,3-TRIMETHOXY-5-METHYL-BENZENE	0	Flower	not available	1.1	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1-HEPTADECENE	0	Flower	not available	0.5	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1-HEPTADECENE	0	Sprout Seedling	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1-HEXADECENE	0	Flower	0.1	0.1	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1-HEXADECENE	0	Leaf	not available	0.2	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1-PENTADECENE	1	Flower	9.0	110.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1-PENTADECENE	1	Leaf	not available	138.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1-TRIDECENE	0	Bud	not available	0.2	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antianxiety	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiarabiflavinotic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antiarrhythmic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antiarteriosclerotic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiarthritic	10	Duke, 1992 *
Antiasthmatic	8	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiatherosclerotic	7	Duke, 1992 *
Antibacillary	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antibackache	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antibacterial	13	Revista Itiliana Eppos, 12: 5, 1994.
Antiberiberi	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiBPH	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer	5	Duke, 1992 *
Anticanker	3	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticarcinomic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticardiospasmic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticariogenic	3	Muroi, H. and Kubo, I. 1993. Combination Effects of Antibacterial Compounds in Green Tea Flavor against Streptococcus mutans. J. Agric. Food Chem. 41: 1102-1105.
Anticarpal-Tunnel	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticataract	7	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticephalagic	2	Duke, 1992 *