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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| COPPER | 12 | Silk Stigma Style | not available | 3.0 | not available | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| CROCETIN | 10 | Silk Stigma Style | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CROCETIN-(2,3,4,8,9,10,12-HEPTA-O-ACETYL-BETA-D-GENTIOBIOSYL)-(2,3,4,6-TETRA-O-ACETYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSYL)-ESTER | 0 | Silk Stigma Style | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CROCETIN-(BETA-D-GENTIOBIOSYL)-(BETA-D-GLUCOSYL)-ESTER | 0 | Silk Stigma Style | not available | 61000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CROCETIN-BETA-D-GENTIOBIOSIDE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991. |
| CROCETIN-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991. |
| CROCETIN-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE-D-GENTIOBIOSIDE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991. |
| CROCETIN-DI-(2,3,4,6-TETRA-O-ACETYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSYL)-ESTER | 0 | Silk Stigma Style | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CROCETIN-DI-(2,3,4,8,9,10,12-HEPTA-O-ACETYL-BETA-D-GENTIOBIOSYL)-ESTER | 0 | Silk Stigma Style | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CROCETIN-DI-(BETA-D-GLUCOSYL)-ESTER | 0 | Silk Stigma Style | not available | 8000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CROCETIN-DI-BETA-GLUCOSIDE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991. |
| CROCETIN-MONO-(BETA-D-GENTIOBIOSYL)-ESTER | 0 | Silk Stigma Style | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CROCETIN-MONO-(BETA-D-GLUCOSYL)-ESTER | 0 | Silk Stigma Style | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CROCIN | 4 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CROCIN | 4 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CROCIN | 4 | Silk Stigma Style | 6500.0 | 145000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CROCIN | 4 | Tissue Culture | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CROCIN-1 | 0 | Silk Stigma Style | not available | 20000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CROCIN-2 | 0 | Silk Stigma Style | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CROCIN-3 | 0 | Silk Stigma Style | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| TNF-alpha-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Topoisomerase-I-Inhibitor | 3 | Santti, R., Makela, S., Strauss, L., Korman, J., Kostian, M. L. 1998. Phytoestrogens: Potential Endocrine Disruptors in Males. Toxicol Ind Health, 14: 223-237. |
| Topoisomerase-II-Inhibitor | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Tranquilizer | 2 | Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Jun-90. |
| Transdermal | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Tremorigenic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Trichomonicide | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Tumor-Promoter | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Tumorigenic | 1 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Tyrosinase-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Tyrosine-Kinase-Inhibitor | 2 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 170. |
| Ubiquiot | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Uricosuric | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Urine-Acidifier | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Urine-Deodorant | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Uterotonic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Uterotrophic | 1 | Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 227.1999. |
| Vasodilator | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Vasopressor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| VEGF-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |