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

Common Names

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
GAMMA-TERPINENE	11	Silk Stigma Style	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GENTIOBIOSE	0	Silk Stigma Style	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GERANIOL	35	Silk Stigma Style	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOSE	7	Bulb	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GLUTAMIC-ACID	8	Bulb	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GLYCINE	12	Bulb	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HELICHRYSOSIDE	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HENTRIACONTANE	0	Silk Stigma Style	not available	not available	not available	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
HISTIDINE	7	Bulb	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOPHORONE	0	Silk Stigma Style	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL	75	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL-3-O-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSYL-(1,2)-BETA-D-6-ACETYL-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL-3-O-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSYL-(1,2)-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL-3-O-BETA-D-SOPHOROSIDE	0	Petiole	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LAURIC-ACID	7	Silk Stigma Style	not available	not available	not available	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
LEUCINE	2	Bulb	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LIMONENE	60	Silk Stigma Style	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LINALOOL	53	Silk Stigma Style	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LINALOOL-ACETATE	0	Silk Stigma Style	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID	27	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
AntiTGF-beta	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antithiamin	1	Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, 69.
Antithrombic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitrypanosomic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitubercular	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor	8	Simon, P.W. Carrots and Other Horticultural Crops as a Source of Provitamin A Carotenes. HortScience, 25(12): 1495, 1990.
Antitumor (Bladder)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Breast)	6	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Cervix)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (CNS)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Colon)	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Kidney)	1	Chiang, L. C., Chiang, W., Chang, M. Y., Ng, L. T., Lin, C. C. 2003. Antileukemic activity of selected natural products in Taiwan. Am J Chin Med, 31(1):37-46.
Antitumor (Lung)	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Ovary)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Pancreas)	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Prostate)	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Skin)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Stomach)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor-Promoter	3	Yasukawa, K., Takido, M., Takeuchi, M., Sato, Y., Nitta, K., and Nakagawa, S. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of Flavonol Glycosides on 12-O-Tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate-Induced Tumor Promotion. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(3): 774-776, 1990.
Antitussive	2	Duke, 1992 *