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
COLCHICINE	44	Tuber	800.0	12300.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
COLCHIFOLINE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DEMECOLCEINE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DEMECOLCINE	7	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-LUMICOLCHICINE	0	Tuber	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-ACETYLDEMECOLCINE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-DEACETYL-N-METHYLCOLCHICINE	0	Tuber	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-FORMYL-N-DEACETYLCOLCHICINE	0	Tuber	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-METHYLDESACETYLCOLCHICINE	0	Tuber	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
O-ACETYLCOLCHICEINE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
O-DEMETHYL-N-DEACETYLCOLCHICINE	0	Tuber	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SALICYLIC-ACID	34	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
STARCH	5	Tuber	not available	210000.0	-1.08	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 *