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
(E)-11-TRIDECENE-3,5,7,9-TETRAYNE-1,2-DIOL	0	Sprout Seedling	5.9	6.2	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(E)-2-HEPTENAL	0	Bud	not available	0.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(E)-2-HEPTENAL	0	Leaf	not available	0.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(E)-2-HEXENAL	2	Flower	0.5	0.6	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
(E)-2-HEXENAL	2	Leaf	not available	1.7	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
(E)-2-HEXENOL	0	Bud	not available	0.2	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(E)-2-HEXENOL	0	Leaf	not available	0.7	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(E)-2-METHYL-2-BUTENAL	0	Bud	not available	0.1	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(E)-2-PENTENAL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(E)-2-PENTENOL	0	Bud	not available	0.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(E)-2-PENTENOL	0	Leaf	not available	0.1	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(E)-BETA-FARNESENE	0	Flower	0.1	0.2	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(E)-BETA-FARNESENE	0	Leaf	not available	0.0	-0.93	Duke, 1992 *
(E,E)-2,4-DECADIENAL	0	Flower	not available	0.2	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(E,E)-3,11-TRIDECADIENE-5,7,9-TRIYNE-1,2-DIOL	0	Sprout Seedling	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(E,Z)-2,8-DECADIENE-4,6-DIYNE-1-YL-3-METHYLBUTYRATE	0	Flower	not available	1.1	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(E,Z,E)-1,3,5,11-TRIDECATETRAENE-7,9-DIYNE	0	Flower	2.0	28.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(E,Z,E)-1,3,5,11-TRIDECATETRAENE-7,9-DIYNE	0	Leaf	not available	3.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(FUNGICIDE)	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(Z)-2-HEPTENAL	0	Bud	not available	0.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antiinfertility	3	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiinflammatory	8	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.
Antiinsomniac	3	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiinsomnic	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiischemic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antikeratitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antikeshan	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antileishmanic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antilepric	2	Martindale's 28th
Antileukemic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antileukonychic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antileukoplakic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antileukotriene	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antileukotriene-D4	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antilipoperoxidant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antilithic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antilupus	1	Martindale's 28th
AntiLyme	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antilymphomic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antimaculitic	5	Duke, 1992 *