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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
1,8-CINEOLE 67 Silk Stigma Style *
13-CIS-CROCIN 0 Silk Stigma Style 400.0 *
2-BUTENOIC-ACID-LACTONE 0 Silk Stigma Style 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 *
2-PHENETHANOL 0 Silk Stigma Style *
2-PHENYLETHANOL 0 Silk Stigma Style 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 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 *
3,5,5-TRIMETHYLCYCLOHEXA-1,4-DIONE 0 Silk Stigma Style *
3,8-DIHYDROXY-1-METHYLANTHRAQUINONE-2-CARBOXYLIC-ACID 0 Tissue Culture 40.0 *
4-HYDROXY-2,6,6-TRIMETHYL-CYCLOHEX-1-ENE-CARBOXALDEHYDE 0 Silk Stigma Style *
4-HYDROXY-3,5,5-TRIMETHYLCYCLOHEXAN-1-ON-2-ENE 0 Silk Stigma Style *
6-HYDROXY-3-FORMYL-2,4,4-TRIMETHYLCYCLOHEXA-2,5-DIEN-1-ONE 0 Silk Stigma Style *
ALANINE 3 Bulb *
ALPHA-CROCETIN 0 Flower *
ALPHA-CROCETIN 0 Silk Stigma Style 17500.0 *
ALPHA-CROCIN 0 Silk Stigma Style *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Silk Stigma Style *
ALPHA-TERPINENE 13 Silk Stigma Style *
ALPHA-THUJENE 0 Silk Stigma Style *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
CNS-Toxic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Coleoptophile 1 *
Colorant 6 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Comedolytic 1 *
COMP-Inhibitor 1 Dullo, A. G., et al. 1999. Efficacy of a green tea extract rich in catechin polyphenols and caffeine in increasing 24-h energy expenditure and fat oxidation in humans. Am. J. Clinical Nutrition, 70: 1040-1045.
COMT-Inhibitor 1 *
Contraceptive 1 Martindale's 28th
Convulsant 3 R.J. Hixtable (Huxtable, R.J. (as T. Max). 1992. This and That:The Essential Pharmacology of Herbs and Spices. Tips 13:15-20 Huxtable, R.J. 1992b. The Myth of Benficent Nature. The Risk of Herbal Preparations. Anns. Intern. Med. 117(2):165-6; Huxtable, R.
Copper-Chelator 2 *
Cosmetic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Counterirritant 3 Martindale's 28th
COX-1-Inhibitor 2 *
COX-2-Inhibitor 5 *
Culicide 1 *
Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor 3 *
Cytochrome-P450-1A2-Inhibitor 1 *
Cytochrome-P450-Inducer 1 *
Cytotoxic 3 Matsukawa, Y., et al. The Effect of Quercetin and Other Flavonoids on Cell Cycle Progresssion and Growth of Human Gastric Cancer Cells. Planta Medica, 56(6): 677, 1990.
Decongestant 2 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Degranulant 1 *