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Phylogenomic investigation of safflower (Carthamus tinctorius) and related species using genotyping-by-sequencing (GBS) [PDF]

Scientific Reports, 2023
Safflower (Carthamus tinctorius, Asteraceae) is a source of high-quality edible oil growing in moisture-limited environments. Despite its economic importance, the relationships to close wild species in Carthamus and the presence and relationships of ...
Somayeh Sardouei-Nasab, Zahra Nemati, Ghasem Mohammadi-Nejad, Reza Haghi, Frank R. Blattner   +4 more
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Investigating the therapeutic effects and mechanisms of Carthamus tinctorius L.-derived nanovesicles in atherosclerosis treatment [PDF]

Cell Communication and Signaling
Background Carthamus tinctorius L., a traditional herbal medicine used for atherosclerosis (AS), lacks a clear understanding of its therapeutic mechanisms.
Rongfeng Yang, Fengxia Lin, Wenlin Wang, Gang Dai, Xiao Ke, Guifu Wu   +5 more
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Complete Mitogenome and Phylogenetic Analysis of the Carthamus tinctorius L. [PDF]

Genes (Basel), 2023
Carthamus tinctorius L. 1753 (Asteraceae), also called safflower, is a cash crop with both edible and medical properties. We analyzed and reported the safflower mitogenome based on combined short and long reads obtained from Illumina and Pacbio platforms,
Wu Z, Yang T, Qin R, Liu H.
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Oil Content and Fatty Acid Composition of Safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L.) Germplasm. [PDF]

Foods
Safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L.) is a promising oilseed crop with potential applications in the food, pharmaceutical, and industrial sectors. Understanding the oil content and fatty acid composition of safflower germplasm is crucial for breeding ...
Kurt C, Altaf MT, Liaqat W, Nadeem MA, Çil AN, Baloch FS.   +5 more
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Cloning, expression and activity analysises of chalcone synthase genes in Carthamus tinctorius. [PDF]

Chin Herb Med, 2023
Objective Flavonoids are the bioactive compounds in safflower (Carthamus tinctorius), in which chalcone synthase (CHS) is the first limiting enzyme.
Tang X, Ren C, Hu J, Chen J, Wang J, Wang R, Wu Q, Liao W, Pei J.   +8 more
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The Carthamus tinctorius L. genome sequence provides insights into synthesis of unsaturated fatty acids. [PDF]

BMC Genomics
Domesticated safflower ( Carthamus tinctorius L.) is a widely cultivated edible oil crop. However, despite its economic importance, the genetic basis underlying key traits such as oil content, resistance to biotic and abiotic stresses, and flowering time
Dong Y, Wang X, Ahmad N, Sun Y, Wang Y, Liu X, Yao N, Jing Y, Du L, Li X, Wang N, Liu W, Wang F, Li X, Li H.   +14 more
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Genetic diversity, clinical uses, and phytochemical and pharmacological properties of safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L.): an important medicinal plant. [PDF]

Front Pharmacol
Safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L.), a member of the Asteraceae family, is widely used in traditional herbal medicine. This review summarized agronomic conditions, genetic diversity, clinical application, and phytochemicals and pharmacological properties
Cheng H, Yang C, Ge P, Liu Y, Zafar MM, Hu B, Zhang T, Luo Z, Lu S, Zhou Q, Jaleel A, Ren M.   +11 more
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Uncovering the Role of Hydroxycinnamoyl Transferase in Boosting Chlorogenic Acid Accumulation in Carthamus tinctorius Cells under Methyl Jasmonate Elicitation. [PDF]

Int J Mol Sci
Chlorogenic acids (CGAs) are bioactive compounds widely used in the food, pharmaceutical, and cosmetic industries. Carthamus tinctorius is an important economic crop, and its suspension cells are rich in CGAs.
Liu Z, Zhu X, Mohsin A, Sun H, Du L, Yin Z, Zhuang Y, Guo M.   +7 more
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High temperature perturbs physicochemical parameters and fatty acids composition of safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L.). [PDF]

BMC Plant Biol
Future climates will realise increasingly frequent extreme weather events, which will impact on the quantum and quality of crop production. While effects of extreme heat on crop production have been well studied hitherto, there remains a dearth of ...
Rahnama A, Salehi F, Meskarbashee M, Mehdi Khanlou K, Ghorbanpour M, Harrison MT.   +5 more
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Sesquiterpenoids from the Florets of Carthamus tinctorius (Safflower) and Their Anti-Atherosclerotic Activity. [PDF]

Nutrients, 2022
(1) Background: The florets of Carthamus tinctorius L. are traditionally used as a blood-activating drug and can be used for the treatment of atherosclerosis, but no compounds with anti-atherosclerotic activity have been reported. (2) Methods: This study
Li L, Liu J, Li X, Guo Y, Fan Y, Shu H, Wu G, Peng C, Xiong L.   +8 more
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