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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
Neuroprotective 5 *
Neurotoxic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
NF-kB-Inhibitor 2 *
NO-Genic 2 *
NO-Inhibitor 3 *
NO-Synthase-Inhibitor 1 *
Occuloirritant 1 *
Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor 2 *
Oxidant 2 Larson, R.A. 1987. Review Article Number 30. The Antioxidants of Higher Plants. Phytochemistry. 27: 969-978.
Oxidase-Inhibitor 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Ozone-Scavenger 1 *
P450-2B1-Inhibitor 3 *
P450-Inducer 3 *
P450-Inhibitor 1 Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.
PAF-Inhibitor 1 *
Pediculicide 1 *
Percutaneostimulant 1 Seki, T., Toeda, C., Kawaguchi, T., Juni, K., Sugibayashi, K., and Morimoto, Y. 1990. Enhanced Transdermal Delivery of Zidovudine in Rats and Human Skin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(11): 3086-3089, 1990.
Perfume 1 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Perfumery 16 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Peristaltic 1 *