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
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 *