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Plant Colchicum autumnale (Liliaceae)

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Common name(s)
Autumn Crocus, Meadow Saffron
How used
Medicinal

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# Activity Chemical Name Part Low PPM High PPM StdDev *Reference
0 2-ACETYL-2-DEMETHYLCOLCHICINE Plant -- -- -- *
1 2-DEMETHYLCOLCHICINE Tuber -- -- -- *
0 2-DESMETHYLDEACETYLCOLCHICINE Tuber -- -- -- *
0 2-HYDROXY-6-METHOXYBENZOIC-ACID Tuber -- -- -- *
0 3-ACETYL-3-DEMETHYLCOLCHICINE Plant -- -- -- *
0 3-DEMETHYL-BETA-LUMICOLCHICINE Tuber -- -- -- *
0 3-DEMETHYL-GAMMA-LUMICOLCHICINE Tuber -- -- -- *
0 3-DEMETHYLCOLCHICINE Tuber -- -- -- *
0 3-DESMETHYLDEMECOLCINE Tuber -- -- -- *
0 3-METHYL-COLCHICINE Tuber -- -- -- *
0 6-METHOXY-SALICYLIC-ACID Tuber -- -- -- *
0 ALPHA-LUMICOLCHICINE Tuber -- -- -- *
101 APIGENIN Tuber -- -- -- *
0 AUTUMNALINE Plant -- -- -- *
20 BENZOIC-ACID Tuber -- -- -- *
0 BETA-LUMICOLCHICINE Tuber -- -- -- *
2 CHELIDONIC-ACID Plant -- -- -- *
5 COLCHAMINE Tuber -- -- -- *
0 COLCHICENE Tuber -- -- -- *
0 COLCHICERINE Tuber -- -- -- *
*Unless otherwise noted all references are to Duke, James A. 1992. Handbook of phytochemical constituents of GRAS herbs and other economic plants. Boca Raton, FL. CRC Press.