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
PHENYLALANINE	7	Bulb	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHYTOENE	0	Silk Stigma Style	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHYTOFLUENE	0	Silk Stigma Style	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PICROCROCIN	0	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PICROCROCIN	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PICROCROCIN	0	Silk Stigma Style	20000.0	36000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PICROCROCIN	0	Tissue Culture	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PINENE	12	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.
PROLINE	0	Bulb	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Silk Stigma Style	125700.0	135800.0	1.00	Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
PROTOCROCIN	0	Silk Stigma Style	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN	176	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Abstract (See species file)
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Silk Stigma Style	56.0	138.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
SABINENE	5	Silk Stigma Style	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SAFRANAL	0	Silk Stigma Style	not available	405000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SALICYLATES	7	Silk Stigma Style	not available	0.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SATIVOL	0	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SERINE	1	Bulb	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
STARCH	5	Silk Stigma Style	119900.0	130300.0	not available	Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
STEARIC-ACID	8	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.