Colchicine poisonings are serious and highly fatal conditions that occur as a result of food poisoning from plants that contain this alkaloid or overdose with drug containing colchicine. The leaves of edible wild garlic because of their similarity are often replaced with highly poisonous leaves of autumn crocus, causing poisoning. Described are two cases of food poisoning with Colchicum autumna...

a flavonol, kaempferol, isolated from the fresh flower petals of c. sativus l. (iridaceae) as the sole component. the structure of the compound was determined by chemical and spectroscopic methods.

background crocus sativus l. (saffron), which belongs to the iridaceae family, is widely cultivated in iran. cardiovascular effects of saffron has been established in some studies but the effects of chronic administration of saffron (c. sativus) stigma aqueous extract on blood pressure has not been investigated. objectives in this study the effects of saffron (c. sativus) stigma aqueous extract...

Saffron (Crocus sativus) merupakan tumbuhan yang dapat digunakan sebagai obat tradisional dan juga dalam produk olahan makanan. Bahan aktif saffron, seperti flavonoid, saponin, tanin, diketahui senyawa antibakteri. fermentasi yoghurt berperan prebiotik untuk zat terkandung yoghurt, yaitu bakteri asam laktat (BAL). Bakteri patogen menyebabkan beberapa penyakit, diantaranya Pseudomonas aeruginosa...

background and aims: crocus sativus is of medicinal plants possessing many beneficial effects in treatment of various disorders. this study aimed to overview the therapeutic effects of crocus sativus on the basis of reviews and systematic reviews. methods: computerized search of review articles was performed using pubmed, google scholar, scopus and web of science, medline database from 1996 to ...