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Saffron contains several psychoactive components, including crocin, crocetin, safranal, trans-crocetin, trans-crocin, picrocrocin, and kaempferol.<ref>https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7013346/</ref>
Saffron contains several psychoactive components, including crocin, crocetin, safranal, trans-crocetin, trans-crocin, picrocrocin, and kaempferol, however crocins are converted to crocetin in the body, which appears to be responsible for the majority of saffron's effects, as well as safranal, which picrocrocin is converted to <ref>https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7013346/</ref>.


==Pharmacology==
==Pharmacology==
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