Botanical Information Carthamus tinctorius L. (under development)
| Synonyms | Calcitrapa tinctoria Röhl. |
| Carduus tinctorius (L.) | |
| Carthamus glaber Burm.f. | |
| Carthamus tinctorius var. spinosus Kitam. | |
| Centaurea carthamus E.H.L.Krause | |
| Common name (en) | Safflower |
| Common name (ar) | عصفر |
| Common name (de) | Färberdistel |
| Common name (es) | Cártamo |
| Common name (fr) | Carthame des teinturiers |
| Common name (ko) | 잇꽃 |
| Common name (ru) | Сафлор красильный |
| Common name (th) | คำฝอย |
| Common name (vi) | Hồng hoa |
| Common name (zh) | 红花 |
| Sample preparation | To 1.0 g of the powdered herbal drug add 10 mL of methanol. Sonicate for 10 min and centrifuge |
| Mobile phase | Acetic acid, formic acid, water, ethyl acetate 11:11:27:100 (v/v/v/v) |
| Derivatization | Heat the plate at 100°C for 3 min, then spray with a mixture of NP/PEG reagents and dry in a cold airflow for 2 min |
| Sample preparation | Weigh 0.1 g of the powdered sample and place it in a 2-mL centrifuge tube, then add 1 mL of acetone (80%). Sonicate (140 W) the mixture for 15 min. Centrifuge at about 2500 × g for 1 min. Filter through a 0.45-µm nylon filter. Transfer 300 µL of the filtrate to a 2-mL centrifuge tube and add 300 μL of acetone. Centrifuge at about 2500 × g for 1 min. Collect the supernatant |
| Mobile phase | Ethyl acetate, water, formic acid, methanol 7:3:2:0.4 (v/v/v/v) |
| Derivatization | No derivatization |
| Sample preparation | Weigh 0.5 g of the powdered drug, add 5 mL of diluted acetone (8 in 10), shake for 15 minutes and filter. Use the filtrate as test solution |
| Mobile phase | Ethyl acetate, water, formic acid, methanol 7:3:2:0.4 (v/v/v/v) |
| Derivatization | No derivatization |