Saffron: An Old Medicinal Plant and a Potential Novel Functional Food.

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2017
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Abstract
The spice saffron is made from the dried stigmas of the plant L. The main use of saffron is in cooking, due to its ability to impart colour, flavour and aroma to foods and beverages. However, from time immemorial it has also been considered a medicinal plant because it possesses therapeutic properties, as illustrated in paintings found on the island of Santorini, dated 1627 BC. It is included in Catalogues of Medicinal Plants and in the European Pharmacopoeias, being part of a great number of compounded formulas from the 16th to the 20th centuries. The medicinal and pharmaceutical uses of this plant largely disappeared with the advent of synthetic chemistry-produced drugs. However, in recent years there has been growing interest in demonstrating saffron's already known bioactivity, which is attributed to the main components-crocetin and its glycosidic esters, called crocins, and safranal-and to the synergy between the compounds present in the spice. The objective of this work was to provide an updated and critical review of the research on the therapeutic properties of saffron, including activity on the nervous and cardiovascular systems, in the liver, its antidepressant, anxiolytic and antineoplastic properties, as well as its potential use as a functional food or nutraceutical.
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Authors José Bagur, María;Alonso Salinas, Gonzalo Luis;Jiménez-Monreal, Antonia M;Chaouqi, Soukaina;Llorens, Silvia;Martínez-Tomé, Magdalena;Alonso, Gonzalo L;
Journal molecules
Year 2017
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crocin saffron functional food nutraceutical crocetin esters picrocrocin safranal therapeutic properties antioxidant activity vegetable oil p. ostii seed quality unsaturated fatty acids

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