Obesity is associated with various diseases, particularly diabetes, hypertension, osteoarthritis and heart disease. Research on possibilities of herbal extracts and isolated compounds from natural products for treating obesity has an upward trend. Saffron (Crocus Sativus L. Iridaceae) is a source of plant polyphenols/carotenoids, used as important spice and food colorant in different parts of t...

Nyctanthes arbortristis L. (Oleaceae) is widely used in the Indian system of traditional medicine and is reported to have various biological activities. The present study was intended to evaluate the antioxidant and antiproliferative activities of flower extracts of Nyctanthes arbortristis. The shade dried flowers were extracted with 95% ethanol under sonication and the antioxidant activities w...

compounds were /V-acetylcysteine, bismuththiol. calcium glucarate, (±) catechin, diallyl disulfide, glycaric acid, i>-glucaro-l,4-lactone. \-(4hydro\yphenyl)retinamide, n-limonene, mesna, retinole acid, rutin, quercetin, silymarin, and taurine. In examining the nature of compounds that inhibited rat trachea! epithelial cell transformation, several possible chemoprevcntivc mechanisms appeared t...

Traditional knowledge can be used as a source for development of new medicines. In the present study, we compare the data on saffron in Razi's Al-Hawi book with modern scientific studies. A computerized search of published articles was performed using MEDLINE, Scopus as well as native references. The search terms used were saffron, Crocus sativus, crocetin, crocin, safranal, Razi, and Al-Hawi. ...