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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
CROCIN-4 0 Silk Stigma Style *
CROCOSE 0 Silk Stigma Style Watt, J.M. and Breyer-Brandwijk, M.G. 1962. The Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of Southern and Eastern Africa. E. & S. Livingstone, Ltd. Edinburg & London. 1457 pp.
CROCUS-SATIVUS-GLUCOSIDE 0 Pollen Or Spore *
CROCUS-SATIVUS-LECTIN-I 0 Bulb *
CROCUS-SATIVUS-LECTIN-II 0 Bulb *
CROCUS-SATIVUS-LECTIN-III 0 Bulb *
CROCUS-SATIVUS-LECTIN-IV 0 Bulb *
CROCUS-SATIVUS-OLEANOLIC-ACID-SAPONIN 0 Bulb *
CROCUS-SATIVUS-STEROID-SAPONIN 0 Bulb *
CYANIDIN 7 Flower *
CYSTINE 2 Bulb *
DELPHINIDIN 9 Flower Abstract (See species file)
DIMETHYL-CROCETIN 0 Silk Stigma Style *
EO 0 Silk Stigma Style 3700.0 13700.0 1.00 *
FAT 0 Silk Stigma Style 56300.0 134000.0 1.00 *
FENCHONE 6 Silk Stigma Style *
FIBER 15 Silk Stigma Style 43800.0 48800.0 -1.00 *
FRUCTOSE 8 Silk Stigma Style *
GAMMA-CAROTENE 2 Silk Stigma Style *
GAMMA-CROCETIN 0 Silk Stigma Style *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Insectifuge 17 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Insectiphile 2 J. Stored. Prod. Res., 22:141, 1986.
Insulinogenic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Interferon-Synergist 1 *
Interleukin-6-Inhibitor 1 *
Iodothyronine-Deiodinase-Inhibitor 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Irritant 11 *
Irritant? 1 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
JNK-Inhibitor 1 *
Juvabional 1 Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Larvicide 1 *
Larvistat 3 Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Laxative 3 *
Leucocytogenic 1 *
Lipolytic 2 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Lipotropic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Lubricant 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
MAO-A-Inhibitor 1 *
MAO-Inhibitor 1 *