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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LIMONENE | 60 | Bud | not available | 0.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LIMONENE | 60 | Leaf | not available | 0.0 | -0.45 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINOLEIC-ACID | 27 | Seed | 122000.0 | 481394.0 | 3.21 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINOLENIC-ACID | 0 | Seed | 5200.0 | 16276.0 | -0.30 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LUTEOLIN-7-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| M-XYLENE | 0 | Bud | not available | 0.1 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MAGNESIUM | 65 | Flower | 260.0 | 1860.0 | -0.69 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MANGANESE | 14 | Flower | 0.4 | 3.1 | -0.38 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MATAIRESINOL-4-O-BETA-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MATAIRESINOSIDE | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MERCURY | 1 | Flower | not available | 0.0 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| METHYL-CINNAMATE | 5 | Flower | not available | 0.1 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MUCILAGE | 3 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MYRISTIC-ACID | 6 | Seed | 3000.0 | 9390.0 | -0.17 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NEOCARTHAMIN | 0 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| NIACIN | 39 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| NIACIN | 39 | Seed | 5.0 | 5.3 | -1.13 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NONANAL | 0 | Flower | 0.0 | 0.1 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NONANAL | 0 | Leaf | not available | 0.1 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| O-XYLENE | 0 | Flower | 0.5 | 0.1 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antidermatitic | 2 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antidiabetic | 9 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antidyskinetic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antidysmenorrheic | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antidyspeptic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antidysphagic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antienterotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |