Plant Colchicum autumnale (Liliaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Autumn Crocus; Meadow Saffron

How this plant is used

Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
2-ACETYL-2-DEMETHYLCOLCHICINE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-DEMETHYLCOLCHICINE	1	Tuber	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-DESMETHYLDEACETYLCOLCHICINE	0	Tuber	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-HYDROXY-6-METHOXYBENZOIC-ACID	0	Tuber	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3-ACETYL-3-DEMETHYLCOLCHICINE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3-DEMETHYL-BETA-LUMICOLCHICINE	0	Tuber	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3-DEMETHYL-GAMMA-LUMICOLCHICINE	0	Tuber	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3-DEMETHYLCOLCHICINE	0	Tuber	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3-DESMETHYLDEMECOLCINE	0	Tuber	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3-METHYL-COLCHICINE	0	Tuber	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
6-METHOXY-SALICYLIC-ACID	0	Tuber	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-LUMICOLCHICINE	0	Tuber	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
APIGENIN	101	Tuber	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
AUTUMNALINE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BENZOIC-ACID	20	Tuber	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-LUMICOLCHICINE	0	Tuber	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHELIDONIC-ACID	2	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
COLCHAMINE	5	Tuber	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
COLCHICENE	0	Tuber	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
COLCHICERINE	0	Tuber	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
11B-HSD-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Absorbent	1	Martindale's 29th
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor	1	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	Martindale's 28th
Analgesic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anesthetic	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiADD	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiaflatoxin	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiaggregant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiaging	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiallergic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiamyloidosic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiangiogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiarrhythmic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiarthritic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antibacterial	4	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	Martindale's 28th
Anticancer (Lung)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticirrhotic	1	Martindale's 28th
Anticomplementary	1	Duke, 1992 *