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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Anticomplementary | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticonvulsant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticoronary | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiCrohn's | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Anticystitic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antidecubitic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antideliriant | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antidementia | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antidepressant | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antidepressant? | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antidermatitic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antidiabetic | 5 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antidiabetic? | 1 | Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp. |
| Antidiarrheic | 1 | Wealth of India. |
| Antidiscotic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antidote (Acetaminophen) | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antidote (Hypoglycin-A) | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antidote (Iodine) | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antidote (Paracetamol) | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antidysenteric | 1 | Wealth of India. |