Safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L.) is one of the important oilseed crops in the world. The crop has been traditionally grown for its flowers as a source of dye for colouring food and fabrics. Safflower oil has highest content of linoleic acid (75%). India with an area of 2.71 lakh ha, production of 1.71 lakh tonnes of seed and average productivity of 632 kg/ha is the leading producer of safflo...

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Carthamus tinctorius L. (safflower) is in Thailand traditionally used for a herbal tea for health to reduce cholesterol and prevent atherosclerosis. The present study was aimed to investigate the effect of the crude extracts from safflower on cholesterol metabolism in high cholesterol fed rats. The crude extract was fractionated in hexane, dichloromethane, and methanol. To evaluate the hypolipi...

The aim of this study was to assess the potential bacterial antagonists to control Macrophomina phaseolina root-rot of safflower by using screening methods. In total, 38 fluorescent pseudomonads isolated from rhizosphere soil of healthy safflower plants were collected from major safflower growing areas, 13 were initially selected based on dual culture technique on potato dextrose agar media. Fu...

Recombinant human fibroblast growth factor 10 (rhFGF-10) is frequently used to treat patients with skin injuries. It can also promote hair growth. However, the effective application of rhFGF-10 is limited because of its poor stability and transdermal absorption. In this study, polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and Southern blotting were used to identify transgenic safflowers carrying a gene encod...

Background. The fatty acid composition of the phospholipids in sarcolemma may significantly influence cell membrane functions. We evaluated the effects of dietary fat on the pharmacodynamics of the antiarrhythmic drug propafenone in isolated, perfused rabbit hearts. Methods and Results. Three groups of weanling rabbits (n=9 each group) were fed diets of 10%O wtlwt lard, fish oil, or safflower o...

The content of fatty acids as well as the ratio between unsaturated and saturated fatty acids is important parameter for determination of nutritional value of certain oil. Therefore the newest trend in food processing industry is notifying the composition of edible oils and other food commodities for the content of each individual fatty acid. The main objective of this work was to identify the ...

Donryu strain rats through two generations were fed semi-purified diets supplemented with safflower seed oil (rich in linoleic acid) or with perilla seed oil (rich in alpha-linolenic acid), or a conventional laboratory chow (normal control diet). Brightness-discrimination learning ability was determined to be the highest in the perilla oil-fed group, followed by the normal group, and then by th...

Understanding cold acclimation and identifying the low molecular weight carbohydrates that support the development of freezing tolerant safflower seedlings will aid in breeding winter-hardy cultivars for temperate cropping systems. Three field selected lines of winter safflower (WSRC01: PI 651878; WSRC02: PI 651879; WSRC03: PI 651880) were cold acclimated for four weeks at 4 °C and compared to ...

The cholesteryl ester content of plasma low density lipoproteins (LDL) in monkeys has previously been shown to be related to the rate of hepatic cholesterol secretion and cholesteryl ester content of newly secreted lipoproteins in the isolated perfused liver. In the present studies, African green monkeys were fed diets containing cholesterol and 40% of calories as either butter or safflower oil...