| Literature DB >> 10646633 |
C V Srinivas1, B Praveena, G Nagaraj.
Abstract
Safflower petals have been shown to have a lot of medicinal and therapeutic values. Indian safflower petal samples were analyzed for the red pigment carthamin, protein and oil contents. The petal oil (4.0-5.8%) was further analyzed for its fatty acids followed by alpha linolenic acid (15-19%) and palmitic acids (14-16%). Gamma linolenic acid, which has a lot of therapeutic value was present to an extent of 2-3%; decanoic and dodecanoic acids (2-5%) were also present.Entities:
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Year: 1999 PMID： 10646633 DOI： 10.1023/a:1008107521247
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Plant Foods Hum Nutr ISSN： 0921-9668 Impact factor: 3.921