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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 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.
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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