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Crocus sativus - Old World crocus having purple or white flowers with aromatic pungent orange stigmas used in flavoring food

saffron, saffron crocus

saffron - dried pungent stigmas of the Old World saffron crocus

crocus - any of numerous low-growing plants of the genus Crocus having slender grasslike leaves and white or yellow or purple flowers; native chiefly to the Mediterranean region but widely cultivated

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Moghadam et al., "The effect of Crocus sativus (saffron) on the severity of premenstrual syndrome," European Journal of Integrative Medicine, vol.

Analysis of the Effect of [sup.60]Co-[gamma] Irradiation Sterilization Technology on the Chemical Composition of Saffron Using UPLC and UPLC/Q-TOF-MS

Saffron, which is the red stigma of Crocus sativus L., is widely cultivated in Iran, India, Pakistan, Greece, Italy, China, Japan, Azerbaijan, and so on [1].

Homogenate Extraction of Crocins from Saffron Optimized by Response Surface Methodology

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Saffron Bulbs

Varieties of Crocus sativus now are in their second year of field tests by University of Vermont scientists.

Vermont may challenge Iran in saffron

(6) Another review, published a few months earlier in July 2015, combined data from 12 earlier clinical trials "examining the effectiveness of saffron (Crocus sativus L.) on psychological and behavioral outcomes." The conclusion: "Saffron may improve the symptoms and the effects of depression, premenstrual syndrome, sexual dysfunction and infertility, and excessive snacking behaviors." (7)

Saffron floats

It's obtained from the dried stigmas of Crocus sativus.

Let's focus on the crocus; Colourful gems are a welcome sign of spring's arrival

Saffron consists of the dried dark red or yellow "stigmas" of the crocus flower, Crocus sativus. (9) In addition to its culinary uses, saffron has a long history as a potent component of traditional medical systems.

Anticancer properties of saffron

The flowers of saffron (Crocus sativus L.), a plant from the family Iridaceae, possess red-orange tripartite stigmas.

Variations in length of flower on saffron under fertilizer and plant growth promoting materials foliar spraying

Crocus sativus L., commonly known as saffron, is used in folk medicine for various purposes such as an antispasmodic, nerve sedative, expectorant, eupeptic, anticatarrhal, carminative, diaphoteric, stomachic, aphrodisiac and emmenagogue (Schmidt et al., 2007).

Effects of safranal, a constituent of saffron, and vitamin E on nerve functions and histopathology following crush injury of sciatic nerve in rats