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
Antistress	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antithrombocytopenic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antithyroid	1	Jim Duke's personal files.
Antitrypanosomic	1	Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Antitubulin	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor	3	Merck 11th Edition
Antitumor (Breast)	2	J. Ethnopharmacology, 32: 117.
Antitumor (Colon)	1	J. Ethnopharmacology, 32: 117.
Antitumor (Lung)	2	J. Ethnopharmacology, 32: 117.
Antitumor (Skin)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitympanitic	1	Merck 11th Edition
Antivasculitic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiviral	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiwart	1	Mitchell, J. and Rook, A.J. 1923. Botanical Dermatology: plants and plant products injurious to the skin. Vancouver: Greengrass, 1979. xiii, 787 p.: ill.
Antiyeast	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anxiolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Apoptotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Aromatase-Inhibitor	1	Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 235.1999.
Beta-Glucuronidase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Calcium-Antagonist?	1	Biochimica & Biophysica Acta, 1115: 69, 1991.