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
Cancer-Preventive	2	Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Carcinogenic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Cardioactive	1	Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006.
Choleretic	2	Duke, 1992 *
CNS-Depressant	1	Duke, 1992 *
CNS-Paralytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
CNS-Stimulant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Comedolytic	1	Martindale's 29th
COX-1-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
COX-2-Inhibitor	2	Newmark, T. M. and Schulick, P. 2000. Herbal Cox-2 Inhibition - Nature's Challenge to Arthritis, Cancer & Alzheimer's Disease. Hohm Press, Prescott AZ.
Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Cytochrome-P450-1A1-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cytotoxic	2	Planta Medica, 57: A113, 1991.
Deiodinase-Inhibitor	1	Jim Duke's personal files.
Dermatitigenic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Differentiator	1	Duke, 1992 *
Diuretic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
DNA-Protective	1	Duke, 1992 *
Emetic	1	Cooper-Driver, G. A., Chemical substances in plants toxic to animals, pp. 213-47 in Rechcigl, M., Jr., ed. CRC Handbook of Naturally Occurring Food Toxicants, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1983, 339 pp.
Emollient	1	Martindale's 29th