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
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
Antiepileptic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antiesophagitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiestrogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antifatigue	6	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antifeedant	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antifibrinolytic	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 53.
Antifibromyalgic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antifibrotic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antiflu	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 195.
Antifuruncular	1	Martindale's 28th
Antigallstone	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antigastritic	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antigastrotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antigingivitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiglaucomic	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiglossitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiglycosuric	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antigout	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antigranular	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihangover	4	Duke, 1992 *