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
Purgative	1	Duke, 1992 *
Quinone-Reductase-Inducer	1	Uda, Y., Price, K. R., Williamson, G., Rhodes, M. J. C. 1997. Induction of the Anticarcinogenic Marker Enzyme, Quinone Reductase, in Murine Hepatoma Cells In Vitro by Flavonoids. Cancer Lett., 120 (2): 213-216.
Radioprotective	1	Duke, 1992 *
Respiradepressant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Sedative	1	Duke, 1992 *
Sunscreen	1	Duke, 1992 *
Sympathomimetic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Teratogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Thermogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Tineacide	1	Martindale's 29th
TNF-alpha-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Topoisomerase-I-Inhibitor	1	Santti, R., Makela, S., Strauss, L., Korman, J., Kostian, M. L. 1998. Phytoestrogens: Potential Endocrine Disruptors in Males. Toxicol Ind Health, 14: 223-237.
Topoisomerase-II-Inhibitor	1	Azuma, Y., Onishi, Y., Sato, Y., Kizaki, H. 1995. Effects of Protein Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors With Different Modes of Action on Topoisomerase Activity and Death of IL-2-Dependent CTLL-2-Cells. J Biochemistry, 118: 312-318.
Tyrosinase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Ulcerogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Uricosuric	2	Duke, 1992 *
Uterotrophic	1	Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 227.1999.
Vasodilator	1	Duke, 1992 *
VEGF-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Vulnerary	1	Duke, 1992 *