carthamine

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carthamine

(ˈkɑːθəmɪn)

a yellow or red dye obtained from safflower

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References in periodicals archive

Flowers contain two colouring substances: carthamine and isocarthamine.

Poisoning by plants in the Taza-Al Hoceima-Taounate region in Morocco

Enhancing effect of UV light on accumulation of carthamine in dyer's saffron florets.

Block food cravings at their molecular root

Safflower was also known as carthamine in the nineteenth century.

Effect of irrigation by domestic wastewater on quantity and quality characteristics of safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L.), alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) and rose (Rosa hybrida L.) under lysimeter conditions

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