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
CARYOPHYLLENE-EPOXIDE	6	Leaf	not available	1.1	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
CHROMIUM	24	Flower	0.4	3.1	0.08	Duke, 1992 *
COBALT	2	Flower	0.4	2.6	-0.41	Duke, 1992 *
COPPER	12	Flower	20.0	26.0	1.86	Duke, 1992 *
CYCLOSATIVENE	0	Bud	not available	0.1	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DECA-4,6-DIYN-1-OL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DECA-4,6-DIYN-1-YL-3-METHYLBUTYRATE	0	Flower	0.7	12.2	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DECA-4,6-DIYN-1-YL-3-METHYLBUTYRATE	0	Leaf	not available	0.6	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DECANAL	0	Flower	not available	0.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DECANAL	0	Leaf	not available	0.0	-0.71	Duke, 1992 *
DECANE	0	Bud	not available	0.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DELTA-CADINENE	9	Flower	0.6	0.8	-1.08	Duke, 1992 *
DELTA-CADINENE	9	Leaf	not available	0.1	-0.46	Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROACTINIDIOLIDE	0	Flower	0.0	0.1	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ETHYL-ACETATE	6	Flower	0.0	0.1	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
ETHYLBENZENE	0	Flower	0.4	0.5	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Flower	8820.0	63000.0	0.08	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Plant	16000.0	51000.0	-0.01	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Seed	200000.0	626000.0	1.90	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER	15	Flower	not available	93000.0	-0.47	Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antiheartburn	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihemorrhagic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihemorrhoidal	1	Martindale's 28th
Antihepatitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihepatotoxic	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiherpetic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiherpetic?	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihistaminic	3	Duke, 1992 *
AntiHIV	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antihydrocoele	1	Martindale's 29th
Antihyperactivity	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antihyperkeratotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihyperkinetic	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihypertensive	6	Duke, 1992 *
Antihypoglycemic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiichythyotic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiimpotence	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiincontinence	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiinfarctal	1	Soumyanath, A. Ed. 2006. Traditional Medicines for Modern Times - Antidiabetic Plants. CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group. Boca Raton, FL. 314 pp.
Antiinfective	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.