THE ANTICANCER PROPERTIES OF SAFFRON

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Amerikhah Maryam; Najmoddin Massoumeh

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Seminar: INTERNATIONAL GASTROINTESTINAL CANCER CONGRESS
Year:2016 | Issue:3

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Title

THE ANTICANCER PROPERTIES OF SAFFRON

Author(s)

Amerikhah Maryam | Najmoddin Massoumeh

Keywords

SAFFRON

CANCER

CROCETIN

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: SINCE CANCER IS THE MOST COMMON CAUSE OF DEATH IN THE WORLD POPULATION, THE POSSIBILITY THAT READILY AVAILABLE NATURAL SUBSTANCES FROM PLANTS, VEGETABLES, HERBS, AND SPICES MAY BE BENEFICIAL IN THE PREVENTION OF CANCER WARRANTS CLOSER EXAMINATION.SAFFRON IS A SPICE DERIVED FROM THE FLOWER OF THE SAFFRON CROCUS (CROCUS SATIVUS) PLANT NATIVE TO SOUTHWEST ASIA. IT HAS HISTORICALLY BEEN THE WORLD’S MOST EXPENSIVE SPICE PER UNIT WEIGHT. CHEMICAL ANALYSIS HAS SHOWN THE PRESENCE OF MORE THAN 150 COMPONENTS IN SAFFRON STIGMAS. THE MORE POWERFUL COMPONENTS OF SAFFRON ARE CROCIN, CROCETIN AND SAFRANAL. STUDIES IN ANIMAL MODELS AND WITH CULTURED HUMAN MALIGNANT CELL LINES HAVE DEMONSTRATED ANTITUMOR AND CANCER PREVENTIVE ACTIVITIES OF SAFFRON AND ITS MAIN INGREDIENTS, POSSIBLE MECHANISMS FOR THESE ACTIVITIES ARE DISCUSSED...

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Amerikhah, Maryam, & Najmoddin, Massoumeh. (2016). THE ANTICANCER PROPERTIES OF SAFFRON. INTERNATIONAL GASTROINTESTINAL CANCER CONGRESS. SID. https://sid.ir/paper/935451/en

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Amerikhah Maryam, Najmoddin Massoumeh. THE ANTICANCER PROPERTIES OF SAFFRON. 2016. Available from: https://sid.ir/paper/935451/en

IEEE: Copy

Maryam Amerikhah, and Massoumeh Najmoddin, “THE ANTICANCER PROPERTIES OF SAFFRON,” presented at the INTERNATIONAL GASTROINTESTINAL CANCER CONGRESS. 2016, [Online]. Available: https://sid.ir/paper/935451/en

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