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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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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
Antipruritic 2 Merck 11th Edition
Antipsoriac 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antipyretic 2 *
Antiradicular 4 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiretardation 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antirheumatalgic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antirheumatic 2 *
Antirhinitic 1 *
Antisalmonella 2 *
Antisarcomic 1 *
Antiseptic 13 Merck 11th Edition
Antiserotonin 1 *
Antishock 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Antisickling 2 Ekeke, G.I. and Shode, F.O. 1988. Phenylalanine is the Predominant Antisickling Agent in Cajanus cajan Seed Extract. Planta Medica 56(1): 41, 1990.
Antisinusitic 1 *
Antispasmodic 13 Fitoterapia No.59-1984.
Antistaphylococcic 4 *
Antistreptococcic 1 *
Antistress 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antisyndrome-X 1 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95