About saffron
General   Crocin, safranal and picrocrocin from saffron (C. sativus L.) inhibit ...
Saffron (Crocus sativus): Production and Processing...2006.   FT-IR, FT-Raman spectroscopic study of carotenoids from saffron...
Biology, biotechnology and biomedicine of saffron   Identification of the flavonoid fraction in saffron spice ...
Saffron. Crocus sativus L.   HPLC quantification of major active components from 11 different saffron sources
Saffron reproductive biology   Crocetin from saffron: An active component of an ancient spice
Secrets of Saffron...   Raman spectra of carotenoids in natural products
Occupational allergy in saffron workers.   A highly specific glucosyltransferase is involved in the synthesis of crocetin glucosylesters ...
Saffron-renewed interest in ancient spice   Kinetic studies of degradation of saffron carotenoids encapsulated...
Fatal colchicine poisoning by accidental ingestion of meadow saffron -case report   Simultaneous quantification of five major biologically active ingredients of saffron ...
A modified, economic, sensitive method for measuring total antioxidant capacities of human...   Determination of saffron (Crocus sativus L.) components in crude plant extract ...
Temperature effects on flower formation in saffron (Crocus sativus L.)   Separation of picrocrocin, cis-trans -crocins and safranal of saffron using HPLC...
The effect of time of corm lifting and duration of incubation at inductive temperature on...   Preparative high-performance liquid chromatographic purification of saffron metabolites...
Effect of dietary saffron (Crocus sativus L.) on the oxidative stability of egg yolk   A new technique for the chemical processing of reddened florets from dyer's saffron capitula
Ultrastructure of chromoplasts and other plastids in Crocus sativus L. (Iridaceae)   An improved method for large-scale isolation of a water-soluble safflor pigment ...
Thermal Stability of Catalases Active in Dormant Saffron (Crocus Sativus L.) Corms   Monoterpene aldehydes and isophorone-related compounds of saffron
Catalytic Properties of Three L-Lactate Dehydrogenases From Saffron Corms (Crocus Sativus L.)   Crocin Synthesis Mechanism in Crocus sativus
Changes in IAA, Phenolic Compounds, Peroxidase, IAA Oxidase, and Polyphenol ...   Detection of Colchicine by Means of LC-MS/MS After Mistaking Meadow Saffron ...
Low temperature storage of corms extends the flowering season of saffron ( Crocus sativus L.)   Glucosylation of the saffron apocarotenoid crocetin by a glucosyltransferase...
    Crocetin from Saffron: An Active Component of an Ancient Spice
Quality   A highly specific glucosyltransferase is involved in the synthesis of crocetin ...
El color, sabor y aroma del azafrán especia. Altabán Ediciones, Albacete, 2006.    
Evaluation of the colouring strength of saffron spice...   Studies about biological effects
Kinetic Studies of Saffron (Crocus sativus L.) Quality Deterioration   Comparison of petal of Crocus sativus L. and fluoxetine in the treatment of depressed...
Determination of total safranal by in situ acid hydrolysis in ...   Effect of Saffron ( Crocus sativus ) on Neurobehavioral and Neurochemical Changes...
Use of non-aqueous capillary electrophoresis for the quality...   Anticancer properties of saffron, Crocus sativus Linn. Jose-Antonio Fernandez....
A non-destructive method to determine the safranal content...   Antioxidant property of Saffron in man.
Development of an improved procedure for extraction and quantitation of ...   Antitumour activity of saffron (Crocus sativus)
A quantitative high-performance liquid chromatographic method to analyse...   Crocin, safranal and picrocrocin from saffron (Crocus sativus L.) inhibit the growth ...
Evaluation of the colouring strength of saffron spice by UV—Vis spectrometry   The therapeutic and prophylactic effects of Crocus sativus in...
Methods for the analysis of the saffron metabolites crocin, crocetins, picrocrocin...   Antitumor effect of saffron...
Use of SPME–GC–MS in the Study of Time Evolution of the Constituents of Saffron Aroma...   Biological effects of saffron.
Saffron Crocus-Conjuring color an flavor in the autumn Garden   The effect of saffron on intracellular DNA, RNA and protein...
    Effect of saffron on cell colony formation and cellular...
In vitro studies   Effect of saffron on thymocyte proliferation, intracellular...
Biotecnología del Azafrán, J. A. Fernández y Julio Escribano Martínez..  Ediciones de la UCLM   Effects of Long-Term Treatment of Colon Adenocarcinoma With Crocin..
In vitro production in the saffron crocus (Crocus sativus L.)   Inhibition of genotoxicity by saffron (Crocus sativus L.) in mice
Morphogenic potential of cultured explants of Crocus sativus L. for...   Effects of saffron extract and its constituent crocin...
Use of in vitro assays to assess the potential antigenotoxic...   Studies on the pharmacological effects of saffron (Crocus sativus L.)...
Morphological Transformation of Plant Cells in vitro and Its Effect on...   Biomedical properties of saffron and its potential use...
Use of in vitro assays to assess the potential antigenotoxic and cytotoxic effects of saffron...   Protective effects of carotenoids from saffron on neuronal injury in vitro and in vivo
In vitro activation of macrophages by a novel proteoglycan isolated from corms of Crocus sativus L   Beneficial impact of crocetin, a carotenoid from saffron , on insulin sensitivity ...
Production of a cytotoxic proteoglycan using callus culture of saffron corms (Crocus sativus L.)   Evaluation of the antitussive effect of stigma and petals of saffron (Crocus sativus) ...
Scanning electron microscopic study on the in vitro organogenesis of saffron stigma...   The effect of carotenoids obtained from saffron on histone H1 structure and H1–DNA...
Glycosylation of encapsulated crocetin by a Crocus sativus L. cell culture   Neuroprotection by crocetin in a hemi-parkinsonian rat model
Use of in vitro assays to assess the potential antigenotoxic and cytotoxic effects of saffron   Hydro-alcoholic extract of Crocus sativus L. versus fluoxetine in the treatment of mild ...
Production of crocin using Crocus sativus callus by two-stage culture system   Effect of Crocus sativus L. (saffron) on depression among students of zabol faculty ...
    Crocin prevents the death of rat pheochromyctoma (PC-12) cells by its antioxidant effects ...
Cytogenetic and genetic studies   Crocin prevents the death of PC-12 cells through sphingomyelinase-ceramide ...
Cytogenetic studies of cultivated Crocus sativus (Iridaceae)   Biomedical properties of saffron and its potential use in cancer therapy and chemoprevention.
Development of molecular markers for origin determination in saffron   Evaluation of the developmental toxicity of crocetin on Xenopus
Isolation of three homologous AP1 -like MADS-box genes in crocus...   Saffron extract prevents acetaldehyde-induced inhibition of long-term potentiation ...
Embryo origin and development in Crocus sativus L. (Iridaceae)   Isolation and cytotoxic properties of a novel glycoconjugate from corms of saffron plant
DNA Interaction with Saffron's Secondary Metabolites Safranal, Crocetin, and Dimethylcrocetin   Inhibitory effect of crocetin on intracellular nucleic acid synthesis in malignant cells
Dose- and Time-dependent DNA Fragmentation in Fusaric Acid-treated Root Apical Cells of Crocus   Comparison of petal of Crocus sativus L. and fluoxetine in the treatment of depressed...
Heterotopic expression of B-class floral homeotic genes PISTILLATA/GLOBOSA supports...   Crocus sativus L . (petal) in the treatment of mild-to-moderate depression...
    C.sativus L. extracts antagonize memory impairments in different behavioural tasks in the rat
Phytochemical studies   Anticonvulsant evaluation of safranal and crocin from Crocus sativus in mice
Generation of Saffron Volatiles by Thermal Carotenoid Degradation   Hydro-alcoholic extract of Crocus sativus L. versus fluoxetine in the treatment of mild...
Glucosylation of saffron apocarotenoid...   A modified, economic, sensitive method for measuring total antioxidant capacities ...
UV-Vis, FT-Raman and 1HNMR spectroscopies of...   Crocus sativus against cancer
A quantitative HPLC method to analyse....   Effects of Crocus sativus petals' extract on rat blood pressure and on responses
Kinetic studies of degradation of saffron carotenoids...   Relaxant effect of Crocus sativus (saffron) on guinea-pig tracheal chains...
Determination of saffron (Crocus sativus L.) components in crude...    
     
About Crocus
General   Cytogenetic and genetic studies
Flower pigment composition of Crocus species and cultivars used for a chemotax. investigation   Chromosomal Variation in Crocus vernus Hill (Iridaceae) Investigated by in situ Hybridization...
Determinants of pollinator activity and flower preference in the early spring blooming Crocus vernus   The Hybrid Origin of Two Cultivars of Crocus (Iridaceae) Analysed by Molecular Cytogenetics...
Crocus-forcing in artificial light   Cloning and characterization of a monocot mannose-binding lectin from Crocus vernus
Fine structure of the stigmatic papilla of Crocus    
Bacterial endophytes of the wildflower Crocus albiflorus analyzed by characterization ...   Phytochemical studies
Classification scheme for crocus   Flavonol glycosides from flowers of Crocus speciosus and C. antalyensis
Developmental stages of the pollen wall and tapetum in some Crocus species   Flavonoids from flowers of two Crocus chrysanthus-biflorus cultivars...
Plate 342. Crocus kerndorffiorum   Further anthocyanins from flowers of Crocus antalyensis (Iridaceae)
Effect of flower structure and flower colour on intrafloral warming and pollen germination...   Anthocyanins from flowers of Crocus (iridaceae)
     
In vitro studies    
Plantlet regeneration from protoplast-derived embryogenic calli of Crocus cancellatus    

 

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