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
ALLO-AROMADENDRENE	0	Bud	not available	0.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-CEDRENE	3	Flower	0.2	1.4	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-COPAENE	0	Flower	0.2	0.2	-0.87	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-COPAENE	0	Leaf	not available	0.1	-0.36	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-GURJUNENE	0	Bud	not available	0.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-MUUROLENE	0	Bud	not available	0.1	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE	11	Bud	not available	0.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE	11	Leaf	not available	0.0	-0.31	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL	32	Oil	not available	449.0	-0.04	Duke, 1992 *
ALUMINUM	5	Flower	12.0	84.0	-0.25	Duke, 1992 *
ARACHIDIC-ACID	0	Seed	1000.0	3130.0	-0.35	Duke, 1992 *
ARSENIC	2	Flower	not available	0.5	0.64	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Flower	14.0	100.0	-0.80	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Seed	not available	0.0	-0.34	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Flower	5320.0	38000.0	-0.70	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Plant	15000.0	122000.0	0.02	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Seed	40000.0	45000.0	-0.09	Duke, 1992 *
BEHENIC-ACID	1	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BENZALDEHYDE	24	Bud	not available	0.1	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BENZALDEHYDE	24	Leaf	not available	0.0	-0.47	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Respirastimulant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Respirotoxic	1	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Rodenticide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Schizophrenigenic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Sedative	5	Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176)
Serotoninergic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Soap	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Spermicide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Spermigenic	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Stimulant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Suppository	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Taenicide	1	Martindale's 28th
Termiticide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Termitifuge	1	Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Testosterone-Inducer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Testosteronigenic	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Thymoprotective	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Tranquilizer	2	Duke, 1992 *
Transdermal	1	Duke, 1992 *
Trichomonicide	3	Martindale's 29th