Listar por tema "Crocus sativus"
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Could irrigation and N-fertilization affect saffron yield?
(2020)Crocus sativus belongs to the Iridaceae family, and it is known as saffron. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of irrigation and N-fertilization on the produced number and weight of flowers and stigmas. A ... -
Crocins, the active constituents of Crocus sativus L., counteracted apomorphine-induced performance deficits in the novel object recognition task, but not novel object location task, in rats
(2017)Schizophrenia is a chronic mental disease that affects nearly 1% of the population worldwide. Several lines of evidence suggest that the dopaminergic (DAergic) system might be compromised in schizophrenia. Specifically, ... -
Effect of crocus sativus (Saffron) intake on top of standard treatment, on disease outcomes and comorbidities in patients with rheumatic diseases: Synthesis without meta-analysis (SWiM) and level of adherence to the CONSORT statement for randomized controlled trials delivering herbal medicine interventions
(2021)Rheumatic diseases (RDs) are often complicated by chronic symptoms and frequent sideeffects associated with their treatment. Saffron, a spice derived from the Crocus sativus L. flower, is a popular complementary and ... -
Effects of short-term saffron (Crocus sativus L.) intake on the in vivo activities of xenobiotic metabolizing enzymes in healthy volunteers
(2019)Crocus sativus L., a perennial plant grown mainly around the Mediterranean and Iran, has many medicinal properties including anti-inflammatory, anti-depressive and cancer preventing properties. Aqueous herbal extracts may ... -
Effects of the active constituents of Crocus sativus L. crocins and their combination with memantine on recognition memory in rats
(2018)Crocus sativus L., is a plant cultivated in many countries of the world. Crocins are among the active constituents of C. sativus and their implication in cognition has been proposed. The present study was designed to ... -
Mechanistic insights on the effect of crocin, an active ingredient of saffron, on atherosclerosis in apolipoprotein E knockout mice
(2022)Background We investigated the effect of crocin treatment on atherosclerosis and serum lipids in apolipoprotein E knockout (ApoE-/-) mice, focusing on the expression of endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) and ... -
Petals of Crocus sativus L. as a potential source of the antioxidants crocin and kaempferol
(2015)Saffron from the province of L'Aquila, in the Abruzzo region of Italy, is highly prized and has been awarded a formal recognition by the European Union with EU Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) status. Despite this, ...