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Food and Beverages > Food > Dietary Fats > Dietary Fats, Unsaturated > Safflower Oil
... > Physiological Phenomena > Diet, Food, and Nutrition > Food > Dietary Fats > Dietary Fats, Unsaturated > Safflower Oil
Lipids > Fats > Dietary Fats > Dietary Fats, Unsaturated > Safflower Oil
Complex Mixtures > Biological Products > Plant Preparations > Plant Oils > Safflower Oil
Lipids > Oils > Plant Oils > Safflower Oil
Lipids > Fats > Fats, Unsaturated > Safflower Oil

Preferred term

Safflower Oil  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Note

  • an unsaturated fat

Scope note

  • An oily liquid extracted from the seeds of the safflower, Carthamus tinctorius. It is used as a dietary supplement in the management of HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA. It is used also in cooking, as a salad oil, and as a vehicle for medicines, paints, varnishes, etc. (Dorland, 28th ed & Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2d ed)

History note

  • 91(75); was see under PLANT OILS 1975-90; was see under FATTY ACIDS, ESSENTIAL 1963-74

In other languages

  • safloriöljy

    Finnish

  • Carthamus tinctorius -öljy
  • Carthamus-öljy
  • linoleiinihappo-rasvahapposeos
  • Safflorolja

    Swedish

  • Färgtistelolja

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D012450

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