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Terpenoid Transport in Plants: How Far from the Final Picture?
Plants, 2023 Contrary to the biosynthetic pathways of many terpenoids, which are well characterized and elucidated, their transport inside subcellular compartments and the secretion of reaction intermediates and final products at the short- (cell-to-cell), medium ...
Olivia Costantina Demurtas +2 more
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Horticulturae, 2023 Saffron is a spice that is obtained by dehydrating the stigmas of the Crocus sativus flower. Iran is the country that produces the largest amount of saffron, exceeding 90% of world production.
Cándida Lorenzo +7 more
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Molecules, 2015 Background: Endothelial dysfunction, characterized by an enhancement in vasoconstriction, is clearly associated with hypertension. Saffron (Crocus sativus L.) bioactive compounds have been recognized to have hypotensive properties.
Silvia Llorens +6 more
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Effect of Soil Composition on Secondary Metabolites of Moroccan Saffron (Crocus sativus L.)
Plants, 2023 Climate and soil are important factors that affect the quality of saffron. Saffron quality is determined by the marked content of secondary metabolites.
Soukaina Chaouqi +7 more
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Metabolites, 2023 Crocins are glycosylated apocarotenoids with strong coloring power and anti-oxidant, anticancer, and neuro-protective properties. We previously dissected the saffron crocin biosynthesis pathway, and demonstrated that the CsCCD2 enzyme, catalyzing the ...
Olivia Costantina Demurtas +7 more
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Molecules, 2021 Schizophrenia is a chronic mental devastating disease. Current therapy suffers from various limitations including low efficacy and serious side effects. Thus, there is an urgent necessity to develop new antipsychotics with higher efficacy and safety. The
Nikolaos Pitsikas
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In Vivo Production of Five Crocins in the Engineered Escherichia coli
, 2020 Crocins are highly valuable medicinal compounds for treating human disorders, and they also serve as spices and coloring agents. However, the supply of crocins from plant extractions is insufficient for current demands, and using synthetic biology to ...
Jingyuan Song (108742) +13 more
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Fortification and bioaccessibility of saffron apocarotenoids in potato tubers
Frontiers in Nutrition, 2022 Carotenoids are C40 isoprenoids with well-established roles in photosynthesis, pollination, photoprotection, and hormone biosynthesis. The enzymatic or ROS-induced cleavage of carotenoids generates a group of compounds named apocarotenoids, with an ...
Lourdes Gómez Gómez +20 more
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Antioxidants, 2023 Saffron is known as the most expensive spice in the world. It is comprised of the dried stigmas of the pistil of the Crocus sativus L., which is a cultivated, sterile crocus plant.
Maria Z. Tsimidou
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Saffron Characterization by a Multidisciplinary Approach
Molecules, 2022 Saffron is a spice obtained from the drying process of the stigmas of the flower Crocus sativus Linnaeus. It is well known that the organoleptic characteristics of this spice are closely linked to the production area and harvesting year. The present work
Michele Spinelli +5 more
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