Plant Crocus sativus (Iridaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Saffron

How this plant is used

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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
1,8-CINEOLE	67	Silk Stigma Style	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
13-CIS-CROCIN	0	Silk Stigma Style	not available	400.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-BUTENOIC-ACID-LACTONE	0	Silk Stigma Style	not available	not available	not available	Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
2-HYDROXY-3,5,5-TRIMETHYLCYCLOHEXA-1,4-DION-2-ENE	0	Silk Stigma Style	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-PHENETHANOL	0	Silk Stigma Style	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-PHENYLETHANOL	0	Silk Stigma Style	not available	not available	not available	Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
3,5,5-TRIMETHYL-4-HYDROXY-1-CYCLOHEXANONE-2-ENE	0	Silk Stigma Style	not available	not available	not available	Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
3,5,5-TRIMETHYLCYCLOHEXA-1,4-DION-2-ENE	0	Silk Stigma Style	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3,5,5-TRIMETHYLCYCLOHEXA-1,4-DIONE	0	Silk Stigma Style	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3,8-DIHYDROXY-1-METHYLANTHRAQUINONE-2-CARBOXYLIC-ACID	0	Tissue Culture	not available	40.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
4-HYDROXY-2,6,6-TRIMETHYL-CYCLOHEX-1-ENE-CARBOXALDEHYDE	0	Silk Stigma Style	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
4-HYDROXY-3,5,5-TRIMETHYLCYCLOHEXAN-1-ON-2-ENE	0	Silk Stigma Style	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
6-HYDROXY-3-FORMYL-2,4,4-TRIMETHYLCYCLOHEXA-2,5-DIEN-1-ONE	0	Silk Stigma Style	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALANINE	3	Bulb	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-CROCETIN	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-CROCETIN	0	Silk Stigma Style	not available	17500.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-CROCIN	0	Silk Stigma Style	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE	28	Silk Stigma Style	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINENE	13	Silk Stigma Style	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-THUJENE	0	Silk Stigma Style	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
(-)-Chronotropic	2	Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
(-)-Inotropic	2	Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
11B-HSD-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	4	Duke, 1992 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Abortifacient	1	Duke, 1992 *
Absorbent	1	Martindale's 29th
Acaricide	5	Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor	3	Duke, 1992 *
Acetylcholinergic	1	Duke, 1992 *
AChE-Inhibitor	1	Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Adjuvant	1	Merck 11th Edition
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor	5	Duke, 1992 *
Allelochemic	8	Duke, 1992 *
Allelopathic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Allergenic	11	Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic	7	Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic?	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).