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Plant Crocus sativus (Iridaceae)

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
CROCIN-4 0 Silk Stigma Style not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CROCOSE 0 Silk Stigma Style not available not available not available Watt, J.M. and Breyer-Brandwijk, M.G. 1962. The Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of Southern and Eastern Africa. E. & S. Livingstone, Ltd. Edinburg & London. 1457 pp.
CROCUS-SATIVUS-GLUCOSIDE 0 Pollen Or Spore not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CROCUS-SATIVUS-LECTIN-I 0 Bulb not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CROCUS-SATIVUS-LECTIN-II 0 Bulb not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CROCUS-SATIVUS-LECTIN-III 0 Bulb not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CROCUS-SATIVUS-LECTIN-IV 0 Bulb not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CROCUS-SATIVUS-OLEANOLIC-ACID-SAPONIN 0 Bulb not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CROCUS-SATIVUS-STEROID-SAPONIN 0 Bulb not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CYANIDIN 7 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CYSTINE 2 Bulb not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DELPHINIDIN 9 Flower not available not available not available Abstract (See species file)
DIMETHYL-CROCETIN 0 Silk Stigma Style not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EO 0 Silk Stigma Style 3700.0 13700.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Silk Stigma Style 56300.0 134000.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
FENCHONE 6 Silk Stigma Style not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FIBER 15 Silk Stigma Style 43800.0 48800.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
FRUCTOSE 8 Silk Stigma Style not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-CAROTENE 2 Silk Stigma Style not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-CROCETIN 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
Antidyskinetic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antidyspeptic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antieczemic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiedemic 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antielastase 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiemetic 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Antiencephalitic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 199.
Antiencephalopathic 7 Martindale's 29th
Antiepileptic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiescherichic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiesophagitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiestrogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antifatigue 4 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antifeedant 8 Duke, 1992 *
Antifertility 3 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 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 53.
Antifibrosarcomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antifibrositic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiflu 4 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 195.
Antigastric 2 Duke, 1992 *