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
Neuroprotective	5	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *
NO-Genic	2	Duke, 1992 *
NO-Inhibitor	3	Duke, 1992 *
NO-Synthase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Occuloirritant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *
P450-2B1-Inhibitor	3	Duke, 1992 *
P450-Inducer	3	Duke, 1992 *
P450-Inhibitor	1	Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.
PAF-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Pediculicide	1	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *