BACKGROUND Carthamus tinctorius L. (Compositae) has been used in Iranian traditional medicine for treatment of diabetes. In this study, anti-diabetic effect of its hydroalcoholic extract was compared with that of glibenclamide. METHODS MALE WHITE WISTAR RATS WERE RANDOMLY ALLOCATED INTO FOUR GROUPS OF SIX EACH: nondiabetic control; diabetic control; diabetic treated with hydroalcoholic extrac...

Flowers of Carthamus tinctorius L. are traditionally used in China to treat cerebrovascular and cardiovascular diseases. Hydroxysafflor yellow A (HSYA), the main constituent of Carthamus tinctorius L. flowers, is known for its multiple biological activities. In the present study, HSYA was isolated from Carthamus tinctorius L. flowers by a macroporous resin adsorption chromatography method coupl...

Citation: Ambreen H, Kumar S, Kumar A, Agarwal M, Jagannath A and Goel S (2018) Association Mapping for Important Agronomic Traits in Safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L.) Core Collection Using Microsatellite Markers. Front. Plant Sci. 9:402. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2018.00402 Association Mapping for Important Agronomic Traits in Safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L.) Core Collection Using Microsatellite ...

Two cercosporoid species are respectively described from Mexican whorled milkweed (Asclepias fascicularis), and spineless safflower (Carthamus tinctorius) from California. Passalora californica represents a new pathogen on Asclepias fascicularis, while Ramularia cynarae is confirmed on Carthamus tinctorius and Cynara cardunculus (Asteraceae), and an epitype designated. Pathogenicity is also est...

Purpose: To explore the effects of Carthamus tinctorius L. extract (CTLE) on diethylnitrosamine (DEN)induced liver cirrhosis in rats. Methods: CTLE was obtained by extracting the dried Carthamus tinctorius L. in water. Liver cirrhosis was induced by injecting the rats with DEN once a week for 8 weeks. Following this treatment, clinical biochemical assessments, as well as oxidative stress test a...

From the flowers of Carthamus tinctorius L., cultivated in Samara Region (Russian Federation) there was isolated a new flavonoid, named us saffloroside, which has the structure of 7-О--Dglucopyranoside of 3, 7, 31, 41-tetrahydroxy-5-methoxyflavone (azaleatin). The chemical structure of saffloroside there was elucidated by means of 1H-NMR-, UV-spectroscopy and mass spectrometry. In the course o...

A new semi-quinonechalcone C-glycoside isocartormin along with cartormin and safflomin C were isolated from the water extract of Carthamus tinctorius L. The structure of isocartormin was determined by extensive analysis of HR-MS, 1D- and 2D NMR data, and by comparison with those of cartormin reported previously by our group. Isocartormin was identified as a diastereoisomer of cartormin with a r...

The effect of rhizospheric bacteria on the physiological and biochemical characteristics safflower (Carthamus tinctorius)

OBJECTIVE Carthamus tinctorius L. (Safflower) is a member of the asteraceae family which is used as a food additive but also has medicinal applications. This study investigated its effects on placental histomorphology and survival of mice neonates. MATERIALS AND METHODS Eighty Balb/C pregnant mice were randomly distributed into one control and three experimental groups (n=20). The control gro...

OBJECTIVE Carthamus tinctorius L. (C. tinctorius) is used as a food additive but also has medicinal applications. The present work was designed to investigate its probable side effects on the histology and function of the kidney in the mice. MATERIALS AND METHODS Sixty adult Balb/C mice were randomly distributed into one control and three experimental groups. The control group received only d...