| Compound | Plant part | Pathway | Superclass | Class | Amount | Reference |
| APIGENIN | aerial parts | Shikimates and Phenylpropanoids | Flavonoids | Flavones | - | Amer, M.M.A., Salama, O.M., Omar, A.A. (1985). Flavonoids of Cardus pycnocephalus. Fitoterapia, 56(1), 61 |
| CHRYSOERIOL-7-O-BETA-D-(6-O-ACETYL-GLUCOPYRANOSYL)-(1-3)-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE | aerial parts | Shikimates and Phenylpropanoids | Flavonoids | Flavones | - | El-lakany, A.M., Abdel-kader, M.S., Hammoda, H.M., Ghazy, N.M., Mahmoud, Z.F. (1997). A new flavone glycoside with antimicrobial activity from Carduus pycnocephalus L. Pharmazie, 52(1), 78-79 |
| COSMOSIIN | aerial parts | Shikimates and Phenylpropanoids | Flavonoids | Flavones | - | Amer, M.M.A., Salama, O.M., Omar, A.A. (1985). Flavonoids of Cardus pycnocephalus. Fitoterapia, 56(1), 61 |
| DIOSMETIN | aerial parts | Shikimates and Phenylpropanoids | Flavonoids | Flavones | - | El-lakany, A.M., Abdel-kader, M.S., Hammoda, H.M., Ghazy, N.M., Mahmoud, Z.F. (1995). Flavonoids from Carduus pycnocephalus L. Alexandria J Pharm Sci, 9(1), 41-43 |
| KAEMPFEROL | aerial parts | Shikimates and Phenylpropanoids | Flavonoids | Flavonols | - | Amer, M.M.A., Salama, O.M., Omar, A.A. (1985). Flavonoids of Cardus pycnocephalus. Fitoterapia, 56(1), 61 |
| KAEMPFEROL-3-4'-DIMETHYL ETHER-7-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE | aerial parts | Shikimates and Phenylpropanoids | Flavonoids | Flavonols | - | Amer, M.M.A., Salama, O.M., Omar, A.A. (1985). Flavonoids of Cardus pycnocephalus. Fitoterapia, 56(1), 61 |
| KAEMPFEROL-3-O-ALPHA-L-RHAMNOFURANOSIDE | aerial parts | Shikimates and Phenylpropanoids | Flavonoids | Flavonols | - | El-lakany, A.M., Abdel-kader, M.S., Hammoda, H.M., Ghazy, N.M., Mahmoud, Z.F. (1995). Flavonoids from Carduus pycnocephalus L. Alexandria J Pharm Sci, 9(1), 41-43 |
| PALUSTROSIDE | aerial parts | Shikimates and Phenylpropanoids | Flavonoids | Flavones | - | El-lakany, A.M., Abdel-kader, M.S., Hammoda, H.M., Ghazy, N.M., Mahmoud, Z.F. (1997). A new flavone glycoside with antimicrobial activity from Carduus pycnocephalus L. Pharmazie, 52(1), 78-79 |
| TRIDEC-1-ENE-3,5,7,9,11-PENTAYNE | root | Fatty acids | Fatty acyls | Fatty alcohols | - | Bohlmann, F., Kohn, S., Waldau, E. (1966). Polyacetylene compounds. cxiii. polyacetylenes from the subtribe Carduinae. Chem Ber, 99, 3201-3203 |
