background & aim: saffron (crocus sativus l.) formerly was important in turkey. saffron cultivation has been decreased and it is now only cultivated in three villages in this country. it is triploid and exclusively propagated in a vegetative way by corms. in turkey, saffron is traditionally planted by placing corms in rows randomly without grading or sorting; which results in placement of c...

INTRODUCTION Saffron has been suggested to have inhibitory effects on tumoral cells. We evaluated the cytotoxic effect of aqueous extract of saffron on human transitional cell carcinoma (TCC) and mouse non-neoplastic fibroblast cell lines. MATERIALS AND METHODS Human TCC 5637 cell line and mouse fibroblast cell line (L929) were cultivated and incubated with different concentrations of aqueous...

Background & Aim: Saffron is one of the expensive spices known since antiquity for its color, flavor and medicinal properties. Saffron is the dried stigma of crocus sativus plant. The three basic components of the stigma on which the qualitative characteristics of Saffron depend are crocin (color), picrocrocin (taste), and safranal (aroma). The quality of saffron is a ...

results saffron extracts markedly (p < 0.05) decreased the serum total cholesterol (tc, 90 ± 9.3), triglyceride (tg, 99 ± 10.5), and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (ldl-c, 27 ± 1.1) in obese rats, while they increased the serum high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (hdl-c, 68 ± 2.2). the atherosclerosis-index (ldl/hdl, 0.39 ± 0.5), atherogenic index (tc/hdl, 1.32 ± 4.2), and the liver enzym...

Saffron (Zaaferan), botanical name Crocus sativus, is the most expensive spice in the world. It is derived from the dried stigma and pistil of the purple saffron crocus flowers. Iran is the largest saffron producer accounting for more than 80% of the world's production. Saffron contains an aeroallergen that causes reactive respiratory allergic reactions in atopic subjects. IgG antibody to aller...

Background & Aim: Saffron is one of the expensive spices known since antiquity for its color, flavor and medicinal properties. Saffron is the dried stigma of crocus sativus plant. The three basic components of the stigma on which the qualitative characteristics of Saffron depend are crocin (color), picrocrocin (taste), and safranal (aroma). The quality of saffron is a ...

BACKGROUND Depression and anxiety are prevalent serious psychiatric disorders. Several drugs are used to treat these conditions but these are often associated with serious side effects. For this reason alternative therapies, including herbal medication such as saffron, have been proposed. We aimed to assess the effects of saffron extract for the treatment of anxiety and depression using a 12-we...

OBJECTIVES Saffron is the stigma of Crocus sativus L., which has the potentials to play a role in the treatment of many diseases. Although many researches are now going on this precious spice, there are few data on saffron safety in human, especially in patients with chronic mental illnesses. This study aimed to evaluate the short-term safety and tolerability of both saffron and crocin (its maj...

in order to evaluate the effects of planting date and corm density on yield and some other traits of saffron under climatic conditions of malayer in the west of iran, an experiment was conducted using split plots based on randomized complete blocks design with four replications. different planting dates (15th july, 15th august and 15th september) were allocated in the main plots and different c...

BACKGROUND Saffron is the dried stigma of Crocus sativus L. flower which commonly used as a natural remedy to enhance health and even fights disease in the Middle-East and Southeast Asian countries. METHODS This study was aimed to investigate protective effect of saffron extract and crocin in fatty liver tissue of high-fat diet induced obese rats. A total of 36 healthy male Sprague Dawley r...