红花系菊科植物红花Carthamus tinctorius L.的干燥花,药用始载于《开宝本草》,至今各版药典均有收载。红花的有效成分为查耳酮类、脂肪酸、多糖等化合物。其中红花多糖能促进淋巴细胞转化,增加脾细胞对羊红细胞空斑形成的细胞数量,对抗强的松龙的免疫抑制作用等,是一种新的、 The dry flowers of Carthamus tinctorius L., a safflower family of the safflower plant, are contained in “Kaibao Materia Medica” and have been published in various editions of the Pharmacopoeia so far. The active ingredients of saffron are chalcone, fatty acids, polysaccharides and other compounds. The safflower polysaccharide can promote the transformation of lymphocytes, increase the number of cells formed by the spleen cells on the erythrocyte plaque, and inhibit the immunosuppressive effect of prednisolone. It is a new,