Carthamus tinctorius (flower)
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=Botanical Voucher Specimen= | =Botanical Voucher Specimen= | ||
=Organoleptic Characteristics= | =Organoleptic Characteristics= | ||
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| + | | description=''Carthamus tinctorius'' L. ''Safflower''.— [...] has a peculiar, slightly aromatic odor, and a scarcely perceptible bitterness. }} | ||
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| − | | description=''Carthamus tinctorius'' L. ''Safflower''.— | + | | description=''Carthamus tinctorius'' L. ''Safflower''.— The African, false, American, or dyers' saffron is an annual composite, with a smooth, erect stem, somewhat branched at top, and a foot or two in height. [...] The florets are in mass of a red color, diversified by the yellow of the styles contained within the floret. [...] |
| − | The African, false, American, or dyers' saffron is an annual composite, with a smooth, erect stem, somewhat branched at top, and a foot or two in height. ... The florets are in mass of a red color, diversified by the yellow of the styles contained within the floret. | + | |
It contains a fixed oil; also two coloring substances—one red, insoluble in alkaline liquids, and called ''carthamin'' or ''carthamic acid'' by Dobereiner, who found it to possess weak acid properties; the other yellow, and soluble in water. | It contains a fixed oil; also two coloring substances—one red, insoluble in alkaline liquids, and called ''carthamin'' or ''carthamic acid'' by Dobereiner, who found it to possess weak acid properties; the other yellow, and soluble in water. | ||
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=Microscopic Characteristics= | =Microscopic Characteristics= | ||
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| caption1=Fragment of the corolla showing brown laticiferous vessels observed at 400x with Acidified Chloral Hydrate Glycerol Solution. | | caption1=Fragment of the corolla showing brown laticiferous vessels observed at 400x with Acidified Chloral Hydrate Glycerol Solution. | ||
| description= Safflower (flower) (''Carthamus tinctorius'') | | description= Safflower (flower) (''Carthamus tinctorius'') | ||
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| image2=Safflower-1 Alkemist Laboratories.jpg | | image2=Safflower-1 Alkemist Laboratories.jpg | ||
| caption2=Three pored pollen grain shown exuding contents observed at 400x with Acidified Chloral Hydrate Glycerol Solution. | | caption2=Three pored pollen grain shown exuding contents observed at 400x with Acidified Chloral Hydrate Glycerol Solution. | ||
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Nomenclature
Carthamus tinctorius L. Asteraceae
Standardized common name (English): safflower
Ayurvedic name(s): kusumbha
Pinyin name(s): hong hua (flower)
Botanical Voucher Specimen
Organoleptic Characteristics
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Macroscopic Characteristics
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Microscopic Characteristics
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High Performance Thin Layer Chromatographic Identification
 
Safflower (flower) (Carthamus tinctorius) Lane Assignments Lanes, from left to right (Track, Volume, Sample):
Reference materials used here have been authenticated by macroscopic, microscopic &/or TLC studies according to the reference source cited below held at Alkemists Laboratories, Costa Mesa, CA. Stationary Phase Silica gel 60, F254, 10 x 10 cm HPTLC plates Mobile Phase ethyl acetate: AcCOOH: HCOOH: H2O [10/1.1/1.1/2.4] Sample Preparation Method 0.3 g + 3 ml CH3OH sonicated + heated @ 50° C ~ 1 hr Detection Method Natural Product Reagent + PEG -> UV 365 nm Reference see Adapted from Plant Drug Analysis, Wagner, H., 1996
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Supplementary Information
Sources
- ↑ United States Dispensatory (1918)
- ↑ United States Dispensatory (1918)
- ↑ Elan M. Sudberg, Alkemist Laboratories http://www.alkemist.com
- ↑ Elan M. Sudberg, Alkemist Laboratories http://www.alkemist.com
- ↑ Elan M. Sudberg, Alkemist Laboratories http://www.alkemist.com
