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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TERPINEN-4-OL | 23 | Silk Stigma Style | not available | 265000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TERPINOLENE | 9 | Silk Stigma Style | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TETRAHYDROLYCOPENE | 0 | Silk Stigma Style | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| THIAMIN | 31 | Silk Stigma Style | 0.7 | 4.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| THREONINE | 4 | Bulb | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRANS-CROCIN | 0 | Silk Stigma Style | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRANS-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. |
| TRANS-ZEAXANTHIN | 0 | Silk Stigma Style | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRICYCLENE | 0 | Silk Stigma Style | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TYROSINE | 8 | Bulb | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| VALINE | 3 | Bulb | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| VITAMIN-B-1 | 24 | Silk Stigma Style | 0.5 | 4.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| VITAMIN-B-2 | 0 | Silk Stigma Style | 56.4 | 136.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| WATER | 0 | Silk Stigma Style | 85000.0 | 156000.0 | -1.00 | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| XANTHOPHYLL | 3 | Silk Stigma Style | not available | not available | not available | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| ZEAXANTHIN | 5 | Silk Stigma Style | not available | not available | not available | 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 * |