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EFFECT OF ORGANIC AND INORGANIC FERTILIZERS APPLICATION ON SECONDARY METABOLITES OF SAFFRON (Crocus sativus L.)

, 2015
Saffron (Crocus sativus L.) is an autumnal flowering geophyte whose dried stigmas, well known for their aromatic and colouring power, have been used since immemorial time as a spice in human nutrition, for medicinal purposes and as a dye Its quality ...
Navabi Atefeh , Davari M.R. , Zangaraki Elham and Golfam Rahil
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Microencapsulation of Saffron (Crocus sativus L.) Extract in Copolymer Complexes Using Extrusion Method

, 2015
This study describes the preparation of alginate-chitosan and alginate-gelatin beads containing saffron components to be incorporated as additives in food products.
Wunwisa Krasaekoopt, Shakoori, Pooria
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Maximizing saffron apocarotenoid production in varied tomato fruit carotenoid contexts

Saffron spice owes its commercial appreciation to its specific apocarotenoids: crocins, picrocrocin, and safranal. In Crocus sativus, these compounds are biosynthesized from zeaxanthin through oxidative cleavage by the carotenoid cleavage dioxygenase 2 ...
Fraser, P.D., Orzáez, Diego, Presa, Silvia, Lobato-Gómez, M., Espinosa, A., Fernández-Muñoz, Rafael, Granell, Antonio, Drapal, M., Gómez-Gómez, L.   +8 more
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Influence of corm provenance and environmental condition on yield and apocarotenoid profiles in saffron (Crocus sativus L.)

, 2010
Saffron is well known for its use as a condiment spice, as a dye and in traditional medicine, but very little information is available on the relationship between agronomic management and the qualitative features of this spice, the latter strictly ...
Ruberto G, Gresta F, Siracusa L, Avola G, Lombardo GM   +4 more
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Protective Effects of Safranal Against Spike Protein-Induced Mitochondrial Dysfunction and Inflammation in Peripheral and Central Immune Cells. [PDF]

Curr Dev Nutr
Girgenti A, Contente ML, Buttacavoli M, Palumbo L, Naselli F, Dallavalle S, Borgonovo G, Picone P, Pinto A, Nuzzo D.   +9 more
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Saffron as a Retinal Neuroprotectant: A Narrative Review of Preclinical Studies and Clinical Results. [PDF]

Antioxidants (Basel)
Maggi MA, Mastromartino R, Piccardi M, Minnella AM, Marangoni D, Di Marco S, Falsini B, Bisti S.   +7 more
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From Stigma to Therapy: Pharmacological Insights into Saffron Bioactives for Major Non-Communicable Diseases. [PDF]

Pharmaceuticals (Basel)
Campos C, Elfardi YR, Darrag EM, Laouane H, Perestrelo R, Bouissane L, Câmara JS.   +6 more
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Fungal colonization and candidate metabolite-mediated toxicity of <i>Fusarium solani</i> KMZW-1 against adult <i>Bactrocera dorsalis</i>. [PDF]

Front Microbiol
Li H, Zhao Z, Wu M, Shi C, Zhu T, Gao X, Xiao C, Hussain M, Qin D, Wu G, Yu J.   +10 more
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Study of Genunity of Saffron Samples — A Case Study

, 2000
596-598The paper analyses saffron samples for adulteration referred to this laboratory. The percentage of watersoluble and alcoholsoluble in the fake samples differed considerably when compared with genuine samples.
Shinde, B M, Krishnamurthy, R, Bakre, S M   +2 more
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Modulation of quality and yield in saffron (Crocus sativus L.) through endophytic fungi and silicon as a novel bio-stimulant under deficit irrigation. [PDF]

BMC Plant Biol
Malik Al-Saadi SAA, Qader KO, Meftahizade H.   +2 more
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