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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
Respirainhibitor 1 Merck 11th Edition
Respirastimulant 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Roborant 1 Merck 11th Edition
Rubefacient 2 *
Schizophrenigenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Secretogogue 1 *
Secretolytic 1 Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
Sedative 9 Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176)
Soap 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Spasmogenic 5 Fitoterapia No.59-1984.
Spermicide 1 *
Spermigenic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Stimulant 1 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.
Suppository 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Surfactant 1 *
Sweetener 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Teratologic 2 *
Termitifuge 1 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Testosterone-Hydroxylase-Inducer 1 *
Thymoprotective 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).