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
ARGININE	14	Bulb	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Silk Stigma Style	42700.0	133000.0	1.00	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
ASPARTIC-ACID	3	Bulb	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ASTRAGALIN	7	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Silk Stigma Style	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CITRONELLOL	0	Silk Stigma Style	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CROCETIN	0	Silk Stigma Style	not available	300.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-MYRCENE	2	Silk Stigma Style	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PHENYLETHANOL	5	Silk Stigma Style	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PINENE	13	Silk Stigma Style	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BORNEOL	35	Silk Stigma Style	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BORNEOL-ACETATE	0	Silk Stigma Style	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BUT-2-ENOIC-ACID-LACTONE	0	Silk Stigma Style	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAMPHOR	41	Silk Stigma Style	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAR-3-ENE	0	Silk Stigma Style	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES	0	Silk Stigma Style	436400.0	573000.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
CINEOLE	0	Silk Stigma Style	not available	not available	not available	Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
CIS-CROCIN	0	Silk Stigma Style	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CIS-DIMETHYLCROCETIN	0	Silk Stigma Style	not available	not available	not available	Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
CIS-ZEAXANTHIN	0	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
Anticancer (Breast)	2	Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103.
Anticancer (Cervix)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Pancreas)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Prostate)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Skin)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticanker	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticarcinomic	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticarcinomic (Breast)	1	Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Anticardiospasmic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticariogenic	5	Muroi, H. and Kubo, I. 1993. Combination Effects of Antibacterial Compounds in Green Tea Flavor against Streptococcus mutans. J. Agric. Food Chem. 41: 1102-1105.
Anticarpal-Tunnel	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticataract	4	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticatarrh	1	Martindale's 29th
Anticephalagic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticervicaldysplasic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticheilitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticholinesterase	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticolic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticolitic	3	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticomplement	1	Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.