The objective of this study was to investigate the effects of saffron as a natural sunscreen and moisturizer. The pollens of the saffron were dried and powdered in a grinder. The experimental formulations included a homosalate (8%) lotion reference, lotions with 2, 4 and 8% of grinded saffron, and the control lotion base without saffron. The lotions containing saffron were prepared like homosal...

saffron is one of the highly exotic spices known for traditional values and antiquity. it is used for home décor besides serving as a colorant flavor and is widely known for medicinal value. over the last few years, saffron has garnered a lot of interest due to its anti-cancer, anti-mutagenic, anti-oxidant and immunomodulatory properties. integration of systems biology approaches with wide appl...

Saffron, an extract from Crocus sativus, has been largely used in traditional medicine for its antiapoptotic and anticarcinogenic properties. In this work, we investigate the effects of safranal, a component of saffron stigmas, in attenuating retinal degeneration in the P23H rat model of autosomal dominant retinitis pigmentosa. We demonstrate that administration of safranal to homozygous P23H l...

Koshi Saito, Ken-Ichi Miyakawa, Takayuki Murata and Yuji Enomoto Department of Bioscience and Technology, School of Engineering, Hokkaido Tokai University, Sapporo 005, Japan Z. Naturforsch. 53c, 828-832 (1998); received August 14, 1997/April 16, 1998 Mogami-Benibana, Dyer’s Saffron (C. tinctorius) Cultivar. Red Colour Appearance, Flower Floret, Phytohormone Mediated Induction Gibberellic acid ...

By considering the problems that commercial saffron companies have faced in international markets, the aim of this study is to investigate the impact of website content, including informational and design dimensions, on the effectiveness of e-marketing and e-trust as mediator variables. These aspects are examined with reference to sales and marketing division managers in a sample of 100 commerc...

Saffron is an application that provides users valuable insight into a research community or organisation. It makes use of several heterogeneous information sources that are under diverse ownership and control: it combines structured data from various sources on the Web with information extracted from unstructured documents using Natural Language Processing techniques to show the user a personal...

in the present study, saffron was dried using a heat pump-assisted hybrid photovoltaic-thermal solar dryer. the effect of different drying air temperatures at three levels (40, 50, and 60oc) and two different modes of the dryer (with and without heat pump system) were investigated on drying behaviour of saffron. after collecting the pertinent data, eleven drying models were used to describe dry...

background: the cultivation of saffron is expanding through the southeast of iran, and allergy to saffron pollen occurs in workers involved in processing this plant. we aimed to clone, sequence and express a major allergen involved in saffron pollen allergy, and to compare the recombinant with the natural allergen. methods: the n-terminal amino acid sequence of cro s 1, an allergen from saffron...

khorasan province in iran with a diverse climatic conditions has accommodated a wide range of plant communities particularly herbs, spices and medicinal plants. among these saffron (crocus sativus l.), has been the most cultivated plant for thousands of years. these crop deliver unique interests and applications. the novel use of saffron in recent years in cancer cure have been promenaded and s...

Among all environmental factors, the temperature is considered one of key elements that control growth and development saffron. This study was undertaken to investigate effect thermal forcing corms on saffron development. To this end, mother were collected at four different periods: late March (T2) , mid-April (T3) April (T4), after leaf senescence (Control, T1) . The each period then pretreate...