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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Plant Crocus sativus (Iridaceae)

Common Names
Saffron
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
1,8-CINEOLE 67 Silk Stigma Style *
13-CIS-CROCIN 0 Silk Stigma Style 400.0 *
2-BUTENOIC-ACID-LACTONE 0 Silk Stigma Style Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
2-HYDROXY-3,5,5-TRIMETHYLCYCLOHEXA-1,4-DION-2-ENE 0 Silk Stigma Style *
2-PHENETHANOL 0 Silk Stigma Style *
2-PHENYLETHANOL 0 Silk Stigma Style Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
3,5,5-TRIMETHYL-4-HYDROXY-1-CYCLOHEXANONE-2-ENE 0 Silk Stigma Style Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
3,5,5-TRIMETHYLCYCLOHEXA-1,4-DION-2-ENE 0 Silk Stigma Style *
3,5,5-TRIMETHYLCYCLOHEXA-1,4-DIONE 0 Silk Stigma Style *
3,8-DIHYDROXY-1-METHYLANTHRAQUINONE-2-CARBOXYLIC-ACID 0 Tissue Culture 40.0 *
4-HYDROXY-2,6,6-TRIMETHYL-CYCLOHEX-1-ENE-CARBOXALDEHYDE 0 Silk Stigma Style *
4-HYDROXY-3,5,5-TRIMETHYLCYCLOHEXAN-1-ON-2-ENE 0 Silk Stigma Style *
6-HYDROXY-3-FORMYL-2,4,4-TRIMETHYLCYCLOHEXA-2,5-DIEN-1-ONE 0 Silk Stigma Style *
ALANINE 3 Bulb *
ALPHA-CROCETIN 0 Flower *
ALPHA-CROCETIN 0 Silk Stigma Style 17500.0 *
ALPHA-CROCIN 0 Silk Stigma Style *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Silk Stigma Style *
ALPHA-TERPINENE 13 Silk Stigma Style *
ALPHA-THUJENE 0 Silk Stigma Style *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antidyskinetic 1 (View) Martindale's 28th
Antidyspeptic 1 (View) *
Antieczemic 2 (View) Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiedemic 3 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antielastase 1 (View) *
Antiemetic 1 (View) Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Antiencephalitic 1 (View) Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 199.
Antiencephalopathic 7 (View) Martindale's 29th
Antiepileptic 2 (View) *
Antiescherichic 2 (View) *
Antiesophagitic 1 (View) *
Antiestrogenic 1 (View) *
Antifatigue 4 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antifeedant 8 (View) *
Antifertility 3 (View) Kumar, P., Dixit*, V.P., and Khanna, P. Antifertility Studies of Kaempferol: Isolation and Identification from Tissue Culture of some Medicinally Important Plant Species. Plantes medicinales et phytotherapie, 23: 193-201, 1989.
Antifibrinolytic 2 (View) Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 53.
Antifibrosarcomic 1 (View) *
Antifibrositic 1 (View) Martindale's 28th
Antiflu 4 (View) Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 195.
Antigastric 2 (View) *