Modern research safflower.doc

 PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT 14 Modern research safflower Author: Yang Lihua Zhang Toshima-Chun Yang Ge Keywords: Safflower; chemical composition; pharmacology studies; clinical application of Modern research shows that: safflower collection of medicinal, edible, dye, oil and feed on one. Safflower Oil is recognized worldwide as a food, health, beauty function functional edible oil. Safflower oil in the international arena as a “green food” and its linoleic acid content is the highest of all known plants, up to 80%, known as the “King of linoleic acid.” And in the pharmaceutical industry, the safflower oil is often used as a blood cholesterol-adjusted atherosclerosis agents and prophylactic treatment of raw materials. Applicable to all types of atherosclerosis, high cholesterol, hypertension, myocardial infarction, angina pectoris, etc., and can be used as fatty liver, cirrhosis, liver dysfunction adjuvant therapy. Safflower oil is also widely used as anti-oxidants and vitamin A, vitamin D, stabilizer. Safflower oil with low acid value, stuck at the end of the small, fatty acids, low pour point oil less coloration, brighter clarity, can be used as medicinal oil injection. Safflower Corolla not only can be used as medicine, but also to provide natural food of the yellow pigment, red pigment, is an ideal food additives, or high-end cosmetics, textile dye, and on the human body has cancer, sterilization, detoxification, blood pressure, and skin effect. Meal obtained in the concentration of protein powders and isolates can be used as food enhancer. A chemical composition Isolation and identification of saffron has been present the chemical ingredients are more than 60 kinds of 〔2〕, which are mainly flavonoids, lignans, multi-acetylene type, etc. of medicinal ingredients are mainly: Flavonoids: including safflower yellow pigment (saffloryellow, SY, some literature also referred to safflor yellow), HSYA A (hydroxysaffloryellow A, HSYA), etc.; f