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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
LINOLENIC-ACID 0 Silk Stigma Style *
LYCOPENE 16 Silk Stigma Style *
LYSINE 4 Bulb *
MALVIDIN 6 Flower *
MANGANESE 14 Silk Stigma Style 284.0 1.00 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MANGICROCIN 0 Silk Stigma Style 10800.0 *
METHIONINE 15 Bulb *
METHYL-NONYL-KETONE 3 Silk Stigma Style *
METHYLCROCETIN 0 Silk Stigma Style Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
MYRICETIN 34 Flower Abstract (See species file)
NAPHTHALENE 1 Silk Stigma Style *
NITROGEN 0 Silk Stigma Style 22200.0 24300.0 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
NONAN-1-OL 0 Silk Stigma Style *
OLEANOLIC-ACID 64 Silk Stigma Style Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
OLEANOLIC-ACID-GLYCOSIDE 0 Bulb *
OLEIC-ACID 18 Silk Stigma Style *
OXYSAFRANAL 0 Silk Stigma Style Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
P-CYMENE 16 Silk Stigma Style *
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Silk Stigma Style *
PETUNIDIN 3 Flower Abstract (See species file)
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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).