Safflower Extract, Carthamin, Carthamus Tinctorius Extract, Safflower Yellow

Safflower Extract Details

Product Name: Safflower Extract 

Herb Source: Carthamus tinctorius L 

Part Used: Flower, Seed 

Active Ingredients: Carthamin, Safflor Yellow, Neocarthamin, Carthamone, Hexadecanoic Acid 

Appearance: Light-yellow powder 

Specification: 4:1, 8:1, 20:1, 0.8%, 2% Carthamin 

Test Method: TLC, HPLC 

Carthamin CAS#: 36338-96-2 

Carthamin Molecular Formula & Molecular Weight: C43H44O24; 910.7804

Carthamin Structural Formula: 

What Is Safflower Extract?

Safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L.) is an annual herbaceous plant, it is a highly-branched annual thistle-like herb that grows to a height of 3 feet producing yellow or reddish flowers. Each branch will usually have several flower heads containing 15-20 seeds per head. Safflower yellow is a natural food pigment extracted from the petal of safflower by the process of extracting, filtrating, purifying, concentrating, sterilizing, spraying & drying. The main coloring ingredient is carthamine.

In traditional medicine, the safflower extract is used for blood nourishment, for relieving of skin pain, for decreasing blood lipid, and for preventing blood vessel plug. The active ingredient in the flower, which is yellow in color, is flavonoid named “Carthamin”, it’s safe as food and  beverage additives.

The safflower seed is used as an expectorant, as a remedy for skin diseases, for edema, for uterus pain after birth, and as an emmenagogue.Because the safflower seed has the property of lowering the level of blood lipid. Consequently, the safflower seed extract is often produced as a dietary supplement for lowering the blood lipid. In cosmetics, the flowers and seeds extraction are a more potent competitive inhibitor than kojic acid, arbutin or L-ascorbic acid for mushroom and human tyrosinase.  

Functions And Benefits Of Safflower Extract With Carthamin And Safflor Yellow

1. Safflower extract powder can promote blood circulation and relieve blood stasis;

2. Safflower extract is used for regulating menstruation and relieving pain, to treat women’s diseases such as amenorrhea, algomenorrhea and lyma;

3. Natural safflower extract can remove blood stasis and alleviating pain;

4. Safflower extract is used to treat falling injury, and swelling and ulcer on the body surface.

Applications Of Safflower Extract With Carthamin And Safflor Yellow

1. Natural safflower extract powder is widely applied in food and beverage field as raw material.

2. Safflower extract is widely applied in health care products field.

3. Safflower extract powder is applied as a kind of raw materials in pharmaceutical field.

4. Natural safflower extract is applied in cosmetics field as raw material.

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