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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PHENYLALANINE | 7 | Bulb | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHYTOENE | 0 | Silk Stigma Style | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHYTOFLUENE | 0 | Silk Stigma Style | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PICROCROCIN | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PICROCROCIN | 0 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PICROCROCIN | 0 | Silk Stigma Style | 20000.0 | 36000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PICROCROCIN | 0 | Tissue Culture | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PINENE | 12 | Silk Stigma Style | not available | not available | not available | Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980. |
| PROLINE | 0 | Bulb | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROTEIN | 0 | Silk Stigma Style | 125700.0 | 135800.0 | 1.00 | Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp. |
| PROTOCROCIN | 0 | Silk Stigma Style | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| QUERCETIN | 176 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Abstract (See species file) |
| RIBOFLAVIN | 15 | Silk Stigma Style | 56.0 | 138.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SABINENE | 5 | Silk Stigma Style | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SAFRANAL | 0 | Silk Stigma Style | not available | 405000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SALICYLATES | 7 | Silk Stigma Style | not available | 0.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SATIVOL | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SERINE | 1 | Bulb | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| STARCH | 5 | Silk Stigma Style | 119900.0 | 130300.0 | not available | Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980. |
| STEARIC-ACID | 8 | Silk Stigma Style | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Deiodinase-Inhibitor | 1 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Deliriant | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Dentifrice | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Deodorant | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Dermatitigenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Detoxicant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Diaphoretic? | 2 | Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Dec-90. |
| Differentiator | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Diuretic | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Dye | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Ecbolic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Edemagenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Elastase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Embryotoxic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Emetic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Emollient | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Enterocontractant | 2 | J. Aromatherapy 4: 22. |
| Epileptigenic | 1 | Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp. |
| Essential | 6 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Estrogenic | 2 | Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 227.1999. |