Recent Advances on the Anticancer Properties of Saffron (Crocus sativus L.) and Its Major Constituents

A Lambrianidou, F Koutsougianni, I Papapostolou… - Molecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
Saffron, a plant product derived from the dried stigma of the … It has also been demonstrated
that crocin can significantlyIt has also been reported that crocin shows antiproliferative

Antiproliferative effect of saffron and its constituents on different cancerous cell lines

SI Bukhari, I Din, S Grewal, MK Dhar - Pharmacognosy Research, 2018 - phcogres.com
… been reported to have antiproliferative potential due to theirsativus extract (CSE) and its
major constituents crocin and safranal … CSE used in this study was prepared from stigmas of C. …

Crocus sativus L. stigmas and byproducts: Qualitative fingerprint, antioxidant potentials and enzyme inhibitory activities

L Menghini, L Leporini, G Vecchiotti, M Locatelli… - Food research …, 2018 - Elsevier
… cases, to stigma major compounds, such as crocin, safranal and … saffron such as petals
have been previously reported to be rich in crocin and kaempferol, thus representing a significant

Saffron (Crocus sativus) and its active ingredients: Role in the prevention and treatment of disease

AH Rahmani, AA Khan, YH Aldebasi - Pharmacognosy Journal, 2017 - phcogj.com
… and in vitro have confirmed that Crocus sativus has a significant … that Crocus sativus extract
and crocin, significantly inhibited the … Antiproliferative effects of saffron extract and individual …

[PDF][PDF] The pharmacology of Crocus sativus-A review

AE Al-Snafi - IOSR Journal of Pharmacy, 2016 - researchgate.net
… properties of aqueous stigma extracts attributed to crocin 1[97]… (50:50, v/v) extract of Crocus
sativus stigmas possessed good … antiproliferative effects of saffron extract (SE) and its major

Biological effects and pharmacological activities of saffron of Crocus sativus

M EL KHOUDRI, S OUAHHOUD… - Arabian Journal of …, 2021 - revues.imist.ma
… effect of Crocus sativus extract and its major constituent, crocin, … of the ethanolic extract of
saffron to induce antiproliferative and … Crocin from Crocus sativus possesses significant anti-…

The antileukemic effects of saffron (Crocus sativus L.) and its related molecular targets: A mini review

M Moradzadeh, MR Kalani… - Journal of cellular …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
… , researchers have shown that saffron has an importantSaffron (Crocus sativus L.) and its
main constituents, crocin, … with different mechanisms including antiproliferative, free radical …

[HTML][HTML] The toxicity of saffron (Crocus sativus L.) and its constituents against normal and cancer cells

A Milajerdi, K Djafarian, B Hosseini - Journal of nutrition & intermediary …, 2016 - Elsevier
… that saffron extract and its crocin, crocetin and safranal have a … Dried Stigma of saffron (Crocus
sativus L.) is considered as … In this study, significant inhibition of colony formation as well …

A comprehensive review on anticancer mechanisms of the main carotenoid of saffron, crocin

R Hoshyar, H Mollaei - Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Crocin is derived from dried stigmas of Crocus sativus L. (… cancer therapeutic constituents
of saffron stigma, its exact … studies have shown significant antiproliferative effects of crocin

Mechanism behind the anti-tumour potential of saffron (Crocus sativus L.): The molecular perspective

S Patel, M Sarwat, TH Khan - Critical Reviews in Oncology/Hematology, 2017 - Elsevier
… Cancer is a disorder which has noted a significant rise in … the aqueous and ethanolic extract
of Crocus stigmas exhibit … and crocin, the main metabolites present in saffron extract inhibit …