OBJECTIVE Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disease of the respiratory airways distinguished by edema and infiltration of inflammatory immune cells. To test our hypothesis about the anti-inflammatory effect of saffron, we examined effects of Crocus sativus (C. sativus) extract as a prophylactic anti-inflammatory agent in sensitized rats. MATERIALS AND METHODS To induce experimental asthma, rat...

Plant-fungal associations have been explored by routine cultivation based approaches and cultivation based approaches cannot catalogue more than 5% of fungal diversity associated with any niche. In the present study, an attempt has been made to catalogue fungal diversity associated with belowground parts i.e. rhizosphere and cormosphere, of Crocus sativus (an economically important herb) during...

background: obesity is pandemic worldwide and a strong risk factor for cardio-metabolic disorders. the few approved anti-obesity drugs have poor efficacy and safety profile. thus, there is an urgent need for new anti-obesity agents. according to the traditional medicine and a clinical trial, saffron may have anorexigenic and anti-obesity effects which need further investigation. objectives: eva...

background: recent studies have indicated potential of saffron for applying in a wide variety of diseases such as psychiatric and neurologic disorders. the concurrent use of saffron with ssris can lead to reducing the dose of ssris. saffron at a dose of 200 mg may change some hematological and biochemical parameters. objective: the goal of this trial was to assess the safety of concomitant admi...

background: saffron (crocus sativus l.) is a common but very expensive herbal medicine. as an important traditional medicine, it has an outstanding effect in treating irregular and painful menstruation. recently, the over-demand tendency of saffron results in an unusual phenomenon in the medicinal markets. adulterants and saffron-like substitutes are intentionally mixed into medicinal markets a...

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. this study is aimed at evaluating the saffron impacts on miscarriage rate of female farmers working in saffron fields. methods: this was a prospective case-control study on pregnant female farmers during harvestin...

Penelitian ini bertujuan: 1. Untuk mengetahui pengaruh pemberian pupuk Calcium Amonium Nitrate terhadap pertumbuhan dan produksi tanaman mentimun (Cucumis sativus); 2. urine kambing 3. interaksi sativus). Rancangan percobaan yang digunakan dalam penelitian adalah Acak Kelompok (RAK) dengan pola faktorial 3x4 3 ulangan total kombinasi perlakuan sebanyak 12 perlakuan. Faktor diteliti calcium amon...

perature upon bacteriological and chemical changes in fermenting cucumbers. N. Y. State Agr. Expt. Sta. Bull. No. 744, 33 pp. PEDERSON, C. S., AND ALBURY, MI. N. 1953 Factors affecting the bacterial flora in fermenting vegetables. Food Research, 18, 290-300. PEDERSON, C. S., AND WARD, L. 1949 The effect of salt upon the bacteriological and chemical changes in fermenting cucumbers. N. Y. State A...

objective: saffron is the dried stigmas of crocus sativus l. which has various therapeutic properties in addition to its use as a spice. more than 80% of the world present production of saffron which is about 190 tons is produced in iran. to compare the quality of saffron' from different parts of the world, researcher used one sample from each country. since cultivation of saffron is done in di...