A group of 33 mildly hypercholesterolemic men were stratified into three groups on diets closely matched except for the polyunsaturated fatty acid supplement. The first group received 14 g/day of linoleic acid (safflower oil); the second group, 9 g of alpha-linolenic acid (linseed oil); and the third group, 3.8 g of n-3 fatty acids (fish oil). Only fish oil lowered plasma triglycerides (by 24% ...

Safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L.) is a multipurpose crop that can grow in arid and semi-arid environments because of its tolerance to drought stress, salinity, lower higher temperatures. Despite safflower’s characteristic, stress negatively impact growth development. Drought reduces plant height biomass, leaf chlorophyll content area, photosynthesis rate, yield components, oil yield, fatty ac...

Oil seeds are an important source of protein in many developing countries. However this protein is not readily available because of anti-nutrients, hence information on the content of anti-nutrients is required. The objective of the study was to determine the status of anti-nutritive factors in some new varieties of oil seeds, viz Sunflower ( Helianths annus ) LSF -11, Sunflower ( Helianths ann...

The dye used on the silk textiles in an as yet undated relic shrine in a church in Antwerp was analysed by reflectance UV-Vis spectrometry. The natural dyestuff carthamin from safflower (Carthamus tinctorius) was detected; because of its very poor light fastness this does not allow the shrine to be exhibited. Neither does it allow dating of the silk, since safflower has been used over a period ...

Previous studies in man have indicated that administration of either plant sterols or unsaturated dietary fats causes decreases in certain serum lipids. This report presents the results of a long-term 7-phase study of the comparative effects of the single and combined administration of plant sterols (p-sitosterol) and a highly unsaturated vegetable oil (safflower oil) in 15 ambulatory subjects....

Effects of dietary oils on aging were investigated in senescence-accelerated mice. For 26 weeks, mice were fed purified diets containing 4% olive oil, safflower oil, perilla oil, or fish oil. Serum total, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, and apolipoprotein A-II (ApoA-II) were significantly lower in the fish oil group than in the perilla oil group, and these were significantly lower than in...

Safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L.) is one of the most extensively used oil crops in the world. However, little is known about how its compounds are synthesized at the genetic level. In this study, Solexa-based deep sequencing on seed, leaf and petal of safflower produced a de novo transcriptome consisting of 153,769 unigenes. We annotated 82,916 of the unigenes with gene annotation and assigne...

In this study, the germination and early seedling growth, biochemical antioxidant enzyme activities (CAT, SOD, POD, APX) of one-year, broad-leaved Linas safflower belonging to Compositeae family were investigated at different salt concentrations (0, 50, 100, 150 200 mM). With increasing concentration, a 68.83% decrease in length, 71% stem 34% rate, 77% fresh plant weight determined. addition, t...

damage caused by water shortages leads to physiological and biochemical changes in metabolism of plants and make them predispose to attack by pests and diseases and reduce the quality of the crops. in order to evaluate the effect of supplemental irrigation on safflower fly (a. helianthi) population of safflower cultivars, an experiment conducted as a split plot based on randomized complete bloc...