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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Carthamus tinctorius (Asteraceae)

Common Names
Safflower
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe

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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
CARYOPHYLLENE-EPOXIDE 6 Leaf 1.1 -1.00 *
CHROMIUM 24 Flower 0.4 3.1 0.08 *
COBALT 2 Flower 0.4 2.6 -0.41 *
COPPER 12 Flower 20.0 26.0 1.86 *
CYCLOSATIVENE 0 Bud 0.1 *
DECA-4,6-DIYN-1-OL 0 Plant *
DECA-4,6-DIYN-1-YL-3-METHYLBUTYRATE 0 Flower 0.7 12.2 *
DECA-4,6-DIYN-1-YL-3-METHYLBUTYRATE 0 Leaf 0.6 *
DECANAL 0 Flower 0.0 *
DECANAL 0 Leaf 0.0 -0.71 *
DECANE 0 Bud 0.0 *
DELTA-CADINENE 9 Flower 0.6 0.8 -1.08 *
DELTA-CADINENE 9 Leaf 0.1 -0.46 *
DIHYDROACTINIDIOLIDE 0 Flower 0.0 0.1 *
ETHYL-ACETATE 6 Flower 0.0 0.1 -1.00 *
ETHYLBENZENE 0 Flower 0.4 0.5 *
FAT 0 Flower 8820.0 63000.0 0.08 *
FAT 0 Plant 16000.0 51000.0 -0.01 *
FAT 0 Seed 200000.0 626000.0 1.90 *
FIBER 15 Flower 93000.0 -0.47 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
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Antidermatitic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidiabetic 9 *
Antidiscotic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Aluminum) 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antidote (Cadmium) 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Iodine) 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antidote (Lead) 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Mercury) 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Paraquat) 1 Martindale's 28th
Antidysgeuzic 1 *
Antidyskinetic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antidysmenorrheic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antidyspeptic 1 *
Antidysphagic 1 *
Antieczemic 3 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiedemic 2 Shimizu,*M., et al. 1990. Anti-inflammatory Constituents of Topically Applied Crude Drugs. IV.1) Constituents and Anti-inflammatory Effect of Paraguayan Crude Drug 'Alhucema' (Lavandula latifolia Vill.)2). Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(8): 2283-2284, 1990.
Antiencephalitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiencephalopathic 2 Martindale's 29th
Antiendometriotic 2 *
Antienterotic 1 *