Anti-inflammatory properties of drugs from saffron crocus

A Poma, G Fontecchio, G Carlucci… - Anti-Inflammatory & …, 2012 - ingentaconnect.com
The medicinal uses of saffron (Crocus sativus Linnaeus) have a long history beginning in
Asian countries since the Late Bronze Age. Recent studies have validated its potential to …

Ancient artworks and crocus genetics both support saffron's origin in early Greece

SS Kazemi-Shahandashti, L Mann… - Frontiers in plant …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
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 …

Adding color to a century‐old enigma: multi‐color chromosome identification unravels the autotriploid nature of saffron (Crocus sativus) as a hybrid of wild Crocus …

T Schmidt, T Heitkam, S Liedtke, V Schubert… - New …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Saffron crocus (Crocus sativus) is the source of the most expensive spice of the world,
produced from manually harvested stigmas, thus serving as a cash crop for rural …

[PDF][PDF] Looking for saffron's (Crocus sativus L.) parents

MG Caiola, A Canini - Functional plant science and biotechnology, 2010 - researchgate.net
The authors analyze the archeological, historical, botanical, cytological, geographic,
molecular and reproductive biology of saffron and allied species in order to establish its site …

Diversity and relationships of Crocus sativus and its relatives analysed by inter-retroelement amplified polymorphism (IRAP)

NF Alsayied, JA Fernández, T Schwarzacher… - Annals of …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
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 …

Phytochemical Differentiation of Saffron (Crocus sativus L.) by High Resolution Mass Spectrometry Metabolomic Studies

E Gikas, NS Koulakiotis, A Tsarbopoulos - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
The metabolite profiling of saffron (Crocus sativus L.) from several countries was measured
by using ultra-performance liquid chromatography combined with high resolution mass …

[PDF][PDF] Saffron as a valuable spice: A comprehensive review

S Yasmin, FA Nehvi - African Journal of Agricultural Research, 2013 - academia.edu
Saffron (Crocus sativus L.) is an autumn flowering high value, low volume spice crop that
grows throughout Mediterranean Europe and Western Asia between 10 west and 80 east …

Large intraspecific genetic variation within the Saffron-Crocus group (Crocus L., Series Crocus; Iridaceae)

B Larsen, J Orabi, C Pedersen, M Ørgaard - Plant systematics and …, 2015 - Springer
Abstract Series Crocus comprises ten autumn-flowering species, including the cultivated
Crocus sativus, Saffron-Crocus. Interspecific genetic variation was examined in all species …

[PDF][PDF] History, biology, and culture of Crocus sativus: Overview and perspectives

I Mzabri, K Charif, M Rimani, N Kouddane… - Arabian Journal of …, 2021 - mocedes.org
Abstract SAFRAN (Crocus Sativus L.) is an autumnal flowering plant of great nutritional,
economic and environmental value. It is a triploid species (2N= 3x= 24) that fails to produce …

Porostereum sp., Associated with Saffron (Crocus sativus L.), is a Latent Pathogen Capable of Producing Phytotoxic Chlorinated Aromatic Compounds

ZA Wani, T Ahmad, Y Nalli, A Ali, AP Singh… - Current …, 2018 - Springer
Saffron (Crocus sativus L.) is one of the most expensive spices in the world due to its
medicinal and aromatic value. However, saffron production is severely affected by the corm …