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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Plant Colchicum autumnale (Liliaceae)

Common Names
Autumn Crocus, Meadow Saffron
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
2-ACETYL-2-DEMETHYLCOLCHICINE 0 Plant *
2-DEMETHYLCOLCHICINE 1 Tuber *
2-DESMETHYLDEACETYLCOLCHICINE 0 Tuber *
2-HYDROXY-6-METHOXYBENZOIC-ACID 0 Tuber *
3-ACETYL-3-DEMETHYLCOLCHICINE 0 Plant *
3-DEMETHYL-BETA-LUMICOLCHICINE 0 Tuber *
3-DEMETHYL-GAMMA-LUMICOLCHICINE 0 Tuber *
3-DEMETHYLCOLCHICINE 0 Tuber *
3-DESMETHYLDEMECOLCINE 0 Tuber *
3-METHYL-COLCHICINE 0 Tuber *
6-METHOXY-SALICYLIC-ACID 0 Tuber *
ALPHA-LUMICOLCHICINE 0 Tuber *
APIGENIN 101 Tuber *
AUTUMNALINE 0 Plant *
BENZOIC-ACID 20 Tuber *
BETA-LUMICOLCHICINE 0 Tuber *
CHELIDONIC-ACID 2 Plant *
COLCHAMINE 5 Tuber *
COLCHICENE 0 Tuber *
COLCHICERINE 0 Tuber *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
11B-HSD-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Absorbent 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 (View) Toyomizu, M., Sugiyama, S., Jin, R. L., Nakatsu, T. 1993. Alpha-Glucosidase and Aldose Reductase Inhibitors: Constituents of Cashew, Anacardium occidentale, Nut Shell Liquids. Phytotherapy Research, 7(3): 252-254.
Allergenic 1 (View) Martindale's 28th
Analgesic 1 (View) *
Anesthetic 1 (View) *
AntiADD 1 (View) *
Antiaflatoxin 1 (View) *
Antiaggregant 1 (View) *
Antiaging 1 (View) *
Antiallergic 1 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiamyloidosic 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Antiangiogenic 1 (View) *
Antiarrhythmic 1 (View) *
Antiarthritic 2 (View) *
Antibacterial 4 (View) Recio, M. C., Rios, J. L., and Villar, A., A review of some antimicrobial compounds isolated from medicinal plants reported in the literature 1978-1988, Phytotherapy Research, 3(4), 1989, 117-125.
AntiBehcet's 1 (View) Martindale's 28th
Anticancer (Lung) 1 (View) *
Anticirrhotic 1 (View) Martindale's 28th
Anticomplementary 1 (View) *