supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(31700015);Health Commission of Hunan Province(C202306017634);Changsha Natural Science Foundation(KQ2208092).
Crocetin displays strong antioxidant,anti-inflammatory and anti-depression activity which is promising to relieve symptoms of fatigue.As a carotenoid,crocetin is difficult to dissolve in water and highly unstable agai...
the Taishan Scholar Project(No.ts20190991);the Key R&D Project of Shandong Province(2022CXPT023)。
Background:Traditional Chinese medicine is promising for managing challenging and complex disorders,including cancer,and in particular,saffron is applied in treating various cancer types.However,its potential therapeu...
supported by the grants from National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.81903830);the Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province(No.LY21H280005);the Research Project of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University(No.2021JKZK TS023B);the 2021 Innovation and Entrepreneurship Training Program for College Students(No.S202110344009).
BACKGROUND Saffron(Crocus sativus L.)has been traditionally used as food,spice,and medicine.Crocetin(CRT),as main bioactive component of saffron,has accumulated pieces of beneficial evidence on myocardial ischemia/rep...
Modernization of traditional Chinese medicine of national key research plan(No.2019YFC1709300);National major new drug development project(No.2017ZX09304003)。
Objective:To explore the main pathways and possible mechanisms of saffron anti-atherosclerosis(AS)using network pharmacology.Methods:The active ingredients and target proteins of the drug were obtained from the TCMSP ...
the Ophthalmological Network OFTARED(RD16/0008/0005,RD16/0008/0022, of the Institute of Health of Carlos III of the Spanish Ministry of Economy;by the PN I+D+i 2008–2011;by the ISCIII-Subdireccion General de Redes y Centros de Investigacion Cooperativa;by the European program FEDER.SAF-2014-53779-R:from the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness;by Articulo 83 118-2017(UCM-Pharmactive Biotech);supported by a Predoctoral Fellowship(FPU17/01023)from the Spanish Ministry of Science,Innovation,and Universities;supported by a Predoctoral Fellowship(CT42/18-CT43/18)from the Complutense University of Madrid
Saffron(Crocus sativus L.)has been traditionally used in food preparation and as a medicinal plant.It currently has numerous therapeutic properties attributed to it,such as protection against ischemia,as well as antic...
Crocetin is an ingredient of traditional Chinese medicine and has therapeutic potential in various diseases due to its pharmacological properties, such as neuroprotection, anti-oxidative stress, and anti-inflammation....
Crocetin is an aglycon of carotenoid extracted by saffron stigmas (Crocus sativus L.) and known to have a potent anti-oxidative effect. Amyliod β (Aβ), hallmark of Alzheimer’s disease, is reported to have neurotoxi...
This study was supported in part by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No 30772539 and 30973403), the Young Scientist Fund of Science & Technology Department of Sichuan Province in China (2010JQ0012), the Scientific Research Foundation for the Returned Overseas Chinese Scholar at the State Education Ministry of China, the Program for Changjiang Scholars and the Innovative Research Team in University (IRT0935).
Aim: To investigate the anticancer effect of crocetin, a major ingredient in saffron, and its underlying mechanisms. Methods: Cervical cancer cell line HeLa, non-small cell lung cancer cell line A549 and ovarian can...
Saffron (Crocus sativus) cells can synthesize crocin, crocetin digentiobiosyl ester, in suspension cultures. The crocin family biosynthesis mechanism was studied using high pressure liquid chromatography (HPLC) to...