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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
GAMMA-TERPINENE 11 Silk Stigma Style not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GENTIOBIOSE 0 Silk Stigma Style not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GERANIOL 35 Silk Stigma Style not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOSE 7 Bulb not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLUTAMIC-ACID 8 Bulb not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLYCINE 12 Bulb not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HELICHRYSOSIDE 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HENTRIACONTANE 0 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.
HISTIDINE 7 Bulb not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOPHORONE 0 Silk Stigma Style not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL 75 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL-3-O-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSYL-(1,2)-BETA-D-6-ACETYL-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL-3-O-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSYL-(1,2)-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL-3-O-BETA-D-SOPHOROSIDE 0 Petiole not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LAURIC-ACID 7 Silk Stigma Style not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
LEUCINE 2 Bulb not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LIMONENE 60 Silk Stigma Style not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LINALOOL 53 Silk Stigma Style not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LINALOOL-ACETATE 0 Silk Stigma Style not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 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
Antigastritic 3 Martindale's 29th
Antigingivitic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiglossitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiglutamaergic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigonadotrophic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antigonadotropic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antigranular 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiGTF 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihalitosic 1 American Health, 12(4): 17, 1993.
Antihangover 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiheartburn 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antihelicobacter 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihepatitic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antihepatotic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antihepatotoxic 3 Merck 11th Edition
Antiherpetic 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antihistaminic 5 Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
AntiHIV 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antihomocystinuric 1 Martindale's 29th
Antihydrophobic 1 Vlietinck, A.J. and Dommisse, R.A. eds. 1985. Advances in Medicinal Plant Research. Wiss. Verlag. Stuttgart.