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Scientific Reports, 2022 Sterilization of saffron packaging and maintaining the quality of saffron content are the main priorities in saffron preservation. Common modalities do not offer lasting saffron preservation and it is urgent to develop novel packaging approaches from ...
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Modification of Retina Light Damage by Saffron [PDF]
Research Journal of PharmacognosyBackground and objectives: Saffron is a known flavor with medicinal properties. Persian and Chinese medicines use saffron to treat several diseases. Saffron has neuroprotective and various other effects.
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Increased Miscarriage Rate in Female Farmers Working in Saffron Fields: A Possible Effect of Saffron Toxicity [PDF]
Asia Pacific Journal of Medical Toxicology, 2014 Background: There is much debate about effects of medicinal plants such as saffron (Crocus sativus) on human health. Women are highly involved in farming and processing of this plant.
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Crocus sativus L. Extract and Its Constituents: Chemistry, Pharmacology and Therapeutic Potential [PDF]
, 2021 Natural products or organic compounds isolated from natural sources as primary or secondary metabolites have inspired numerous drugs. It is not an overstatement that the majority of medicines in clinics, even in the 21st century, have been derived from ...
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Nutrition Today, 2020 Saffron is derived from a specific portion of the flowers ofCrocus sativus L. and is one of the most expensive spices in the world. Besides its use in Mediterranean, Middle Eastern, and South Asian cuisines, it also has been a part of Ayurvedic and Persian traditional healing strategies for thousands of years.
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The Effect of Past Climate Change on the Water Footprint Trend in Saffron at Homogeneous Agroclimatic Regions of Khorasan [PDF]
, 2022 Introduction: Climate change and global warming have increased the intensity of droughts and their continuation. This phenomenon causes improper distribution of precipitation and the available water sources.
Esmaeilpour, yahya +4 more
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Phytochemistry, quality control and medicinal uses of Saffron (Crocus sativus L.): an updated review
, 2023 Saffron, botanically known as Crocus sativus L., is renowned as the world's most expensive spice and has been utilized in various fields since ancient times. Extensive scientific research has been conducted on Crocus sativus (C. sativus), focusing on its
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Therapeutic Benefits of Saffron in Brain Diseases
, 2020 Saffron is dried stigmas of Crocus sativus flowers, an extensively used spice and food additive because of its color and taste. Biologically, Saffron belongs to the carotenoid family with major active components such as crocin, safranal, and crocetin ...
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A comparison between molecular and morphological methods in evaluation of vesicular-arbuscularmycorrhizal fungi colonization with Crocus sativus L (saffron) [PDF]
Biological Journal of Microorganism, 2018 Introduction: Evaluation of symbiosis between Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) and Saffron (Crocus Sativus L.) is important because this strategic plant encounters with many environmental stresses such as climatic and edaphic stresses during seasons ...
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Plants, 2023 Crocin, a glycoside carotenoid that exhibits several health benefits, is mainly obtained from saffron (Crocus sativus L.), whose quality and content of phytochemicals can be strongly affected by environmental conditions.
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