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Safflower

Concern score

Not assessed — no hazard data yet.

Safflower in plain language

What it is: Also known as Carthami flos · Carthamus tinctorius flower · Carthamus · Carduus tinctorius flower · Carthamus tinctorius (safflower) flower · Carthamus tinctorius (safflower) flower powder
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Bastard-saffron flower · Calcitrapa tinctoria flower · Carthamus glaber flower · Carthamus tinctorius (safflower) flower extract · Centaurea carthamus flower · False saffron flower · Hong hua · Hong hua flower · Honghua · Kusumbha · Red flower · Safflower flower extract · Strawberry-clover flower · Susumbha flower
What it does: We don't have a plain-language description for Safflower yet.
Is it a concern?: We haven't assessed a concern score for this ingredient yet.

Regulation

No restrictions found. Safflower appears in these published regulatory listings.

In marketed US drugs

USFDAlisted in openFDA substance2 entries
- openFDA substance registry classifies this ingredient as concept.Source →
- openFDA substance registry classifies this ingredient as structurallydiverse.Source →
USFDAmarketed drug occurrenceFDA NDC lists this ingredient in 1 active drug products and 1 total products.
- FDA NDC lists this ingredient in 1 active drug products and 1 total products.Source →

Evidence & sources

No graded research studies for Safflower yet. This record is compiled from the published data sources below — registries and regulatory listings, not study findings.

3 data sources

Where this comes from

FDA National Drug Code Directory
regulatory · updated 2026-12-31
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FDA GSRS UNII
registry · updated 2026-02-26
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openFDA Substance
registry · updated 2026-05-24
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Suitability

Context-specific fit derived from published classifications and the current ingredient evidence profile.

Fragrance avoidance

Nothing to weigh for this context yet.

No signal in this context

We have no published hazard signal for this ingredient, so we cannot say how it behaves in this context — that is missing evidence, not a clean result.

Where it has been recorded

How often FDA National Drug Code directory has listed Safflower in a product composition. These are source records, not Greenveil catalog products.

Source records

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Catalog

Found in these products

Their ingredient lists include Safflower; each product's own rating depends on its whole formula, so it is shown on the product page, not here.

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Co-occurrence

Often appears with

Ingredients that frequently appear alongside Safflower in the catalog.