Plant Crocus sativus (Iridaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

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
Antilithic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antilupus	1	Martindale's 28th
AntiLyme	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antilymphocytic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antilymphomic	2	Chiang, L. C., Chiang, W., Chang, M. Y., Ng, L. T., Lin, C. C. 2003. Antileukemic activity of selected natural products in Taiwan. Am J Chin Med, 31(1):37-46.
Antimaculitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antimalarial	2	Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987.
Antimange	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antimastitic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimelanomic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antimenorrhagic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimetastatic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antimetastatic (Stomach)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antimigraine	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antimite	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antimorphinic	1	Martindale's 28th
AntiMS	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antimutagenic	7	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 235.
Antimyocarditic	3	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 199.
Antinauseant	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.