The present article is the first comprehensive review on the chemical composition and
pharmacological activities of the raw materials of Crocus species. In the present review, data …

Saffron, comprising of dried stigmas of the plant known as Crocus sativus, is one of the most
important and scantly cultivated agricultural products. It has been used as a precious spice …

Crocus sativus L.(Saffron) is an economically vital medicinal and aromatic plant. Saffron is
known as the “Golden Condiment” being the world's highest priced spice (€ 30,000/kg) …

Crocus sativus L., also known as saffron, is one of the most important medicinal and spice
plants throughout the world. The plant is a rich source of apocarotenoids such as crocetin …

Saffron (Crocus sativus L.) is the most expensive spice in the world. This plant species is
propagated vegetatively through the formation of daughter corms from the mother one …

The three year study of saffron (Crocus sativus L.) production from 27 mother corm weight
grades, investigated mother corm progeny multiplication, corm weight, flower number and …

The authors analyze the archeological, historical, botanical, cytological, geographic,
molecular and reproductive biology of saffron and allied species in order to establish its site …

Saffron crocus (Crocus sativus) is a male-sterile, triploid flower crop, and source of the spice
and colorant saffron. For over three millennia, it was cultivated across the Mediterranean …

Abstract Background and Aims: Saffron (Crocus sativus) is a sterile triploid (2 n= 3 x= 24)
cultivated species, of unknown origin from other diploid and polyploid species in the genus …

Saffron (Crocus sativus L.) is an autumnal herbaceous flowering plant belonging to the
Iridaceae family. It is considered the most expensive spice in the world and a valuable …