Background: Exercise training and crocin, as a herbal antioxidant, help improve metabolism insulin sensitivity in type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2D). AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) nuclear respiratory factor 1 (NRF1) involve the mitochondrial biogenesis pathway control. Objective: This study aimed to investigate effects of high-intensity interval (HIIT), low intensity continued (LICT) combinat...

Eleven essential oils, namely, Cananga odorata (Annonaceae), Cupressus sempervirens (Cupressaceae), Curcuma longa (Zingiberaceae), Cymbopogon citratus (Poaceae), Eucalyptus globulus (Myrtaceae), Pinus radiata (Pinaceae), Piper crassinervium (Piperaceae), Psidium guayava (Myrtaceae), Rosmarinus officinalis (Lamiaceae), Thymus x citriodorus (Lamiaceae) and Zingiber officinale (Zingiberaceae), wer...

the antioxidant activities of methanol (me), ethanol (ee), water (we) and ethyl acetate (eae) extracts of four inula helenium l. taxa (i. helenium ssp. orygalis (boiss.) grierson, i. helenium ssp. pseudohelenium grierson, i. helenium ssp. turcarasemosa grierson and i. helenium ssp. vanensis grierson) were investigated. the phosphomolybdenum assay, β-carotene–linoleate bleaching and dpph radical...

Background: Primordial follicle includes an oocyte surrounded by a layer of somatic cells called granulosa cells (GCs). GCs, also known as nurse cells, are an important protective element for the growth and survival of oocytes. Oocytes, which lack some of the metabolic processes required granulosa cells for their development. Objective: This manuscript has been provided to explain the protocol...

the present study aimed to evaluate the protective effect of crocin on gastric mucosal lesions caused by ischemia-reperfusion (i/r) injury in rats.forty male rats were randomly divided into sham, control (i/r injury) and three crocin-pretreated groups. to induce i/r lesions, the celiac artery was clamped for 30 min and then the clamp was removed to allow reperfusion for 3 h. pretreated-rats rec...

PURPOSE To develop a senescence-associated beta-galactosidase histochemistry and bleaching protocol for the primate posterior pole. METHODS Rhesus monkey eyes of different ages were enucleated after death, fixed in 4% paraformaldehyde for up to 16 hours, and cryoprotected using a graded sucrose infiltration technique. Ten-micrometer tissue sections were treated with beta-galactosidase, pH 4 (...

This in vitro study aimed to analyze the effect of different parameters of phototherapy with low intensity laser on the viability of human dental pulp fibroblasts under the effect of substances released by bleaching gel. Cells were seeded into 96 wells plates (1 x 10³ cells/well) and placed in contact with culture medium conditioned by a 35 % hydrogen peroxide bleaching gel for 40 minutes, simu...

Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related death worldwide. Here we investigated the antitumor effect and mechanism of Zhejiang (Huzhou and Jiande) saffron against lung cancer cell lines, A549 and H446. Using high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), the contents of crocin I and II were determined. In vitro, MTT assay and annexin-V FITC/PI staining showed cell proliferation activit...

Crocins in commercial liquid saffron extracts (Saffr’activ®) were identified using high-performance chromatography (HPLC) with a diode array detector (DAD) and mass spectrometry (MS). The impact of storage on the qualities extract studied HPLC-DAD-MS by exposing trans-4-GG crocin to environmental factors. Light temperature induced degradation after only one week. Trans-4-GG was totally hydrolyz...