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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Plant Crocus sativus (Iridaceae)

Common Names
Saffron
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
COPPER 12 Silk Stigma Style 3.0 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
CROCETIN 10 Silk Stigma Style *
CROCETIN-(2,3,4,8,9,10,12-HEPTA-O-ACETYL-BETA-D-GENTIOBIOSYL)-(2,3,4,6-TETRA-O-ACETYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSYL)-ESTER 0 Silk Stigma Style *
CROCETIN-(BETA-D-GENTIOBIOSYL)-(BETA-D-GLUCOSYL)-ESTER 0 Silk Stigma Style 61000.0 *
CROCETIN-BETA-D-GENTIOBIOSIDE 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
CROCETIN-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
CROCETIN-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE-D-GENTIOBIOSIDE 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
CROCETIN-DI-(2,3,4,6-TETRA-O-ACETYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSYL)-ESTER 0 Silk Stigma Style *
CROCETIN-DI-(2,3,4,8,9,10,12-HEPTA-O-ACETYL-BETA-D-GENTIOBIOSYL)-ESTER 0 Silk Stigma Style *
CROCETIN-DI-(BETA-D-GLUCOSYL)-ESTER 0 Silk Stigma Style 8000.0 *
CROCETIN-DI-BETA-GLUCOSIDE 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
CROCETIN-MONO-(BETA-D-GENTIOBIOSYL)-ESTER 0 Silk Stigma Style *
CROCETIN-MONO-(BETA-D-GLUCOSYL)-ESTER 0 Silk Stigma Style *
CROCIN 4 Flower *
CROCIN 4 Plant *
CROCIN 4 Silk Stigma Style 6500.0 145000.0 *
CROCIN 4 Tissue Culture *
CROCIN-1 0 Silk Stigma Style 20000.0 *
CROCIN-2 0 Silk Stigma Style *
CROCIN-3 0 Silk Stigma Style *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
(-)-Chronotropic 2 (View) 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 (View) 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 (View) *
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 4 (View) *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 2 (View) *
Abortifacient 1 (View) *
Absorbent 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Acaricide 5 (View) *
ACE-Inhibitor 3 (View) *
Acetylcholinergic 1 (View) *
AChE-Inhibitor 1 (View) Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Adjuvant 1 (View) Merck 11th Edition
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 5 (View) *
Allelochemic 8 (View) *
Allelopathic 3 (View) *
Allergenic 11 (View) *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Analgesic 7 (View) *
Androgenic? 1 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).