retinol and crocin

retinol has been researched along with crocin in 61 studies

Research

Studies (61)

TimeframeStudies, this research(%)All Research%
pre-19901 (1.64)18.7374
1990's2 (3.28)18.2507
2000's8 (13.11)29.6817
2010's41 (67.21)24.3611
2020's9 (14.75)2.80

Authors

AuthorsStudies
Bors, W; Erben-Russ, M; Michel, C; Saran, M1
Abe, K; Saito, H; Shoyama, Y; Sugiura, M1
Kwan, YW; Li, N; Lin, G; Min, ZD1
Alonso, GL; Blázquez, I; Carmona, M; Díaz-Plaza, EM; Ordoudi, SA; Tsimidou, MZ; Zalacain, A1
Asai, A; Nagao, A; Nakano, T; Takahashi, M1
Baek, NI; Kim, DH; Lee, IA; Lee, JH1
Eyanagi, R; Fujiwara, M; Iwasaki, K; Mishima, K; Ochiai, T; Shimeno, H; Shoyama, Y; Soeda, S; Tanaka, H; Toda, A1
Bathaie, SZ; Bolhasani, A; Hoshyar, R; Moosavi-Movahedi, AA; Ranjbar, B; Sabouni, F1
Hellenbrand, N; Hensel, A; Lechtenberg, M; Niehues, M; Schepmann, D; Wünsch, B1
Li, GL; Li, L; Pang, Z; Xiao, YQ; Zhang, C1
Befani, CD; Koliakos, GG; Nenadis, N; Ordoudi, SA; Tsimidou, MZ1
Alonso, GL; Anastasaki, EG; Carmona, M; Kanakis, CD; Maggi, L; Pappas, C; Polissiou, MG; Zalacain, A1
Cho, KH; Hong, JW; Jung, HJ; Jung, WS; Kang, I; Lee, EH; Lee, JY; Min, BD; Nam, KN; Park, JH; Park, SU; Park, YM1
Chen, Y; Liu, SJ; Yang, ZL; Zhang, LH; Zhang, XT1
Aritake, K; Huang, ZL; Masaki, M; Shoyama, Y; Tanaka, H; Urade, Y1
Inukai, T; Mizukami, H; Nagatoshi, M; Nagatsu, A; Owaki, M; Sota, M; Terasaka, K1
Hosseinzadeh, H; Nassiri-Asl, M1
Galvin, K; Kyriakoudi, A; O'Brien, NM; O'Callaghan, YC; Tsimidou, MZ1
Ahrazem, O; Gómez Gómez, L; Granell, A; Rambla, JL; Rubio Moraga, A1
Hensel, A; Lautenschläger, M; Lechtenberg, M; Sendker, J1
Allmaier, G; Koulakiotis, NS; Pittenauer, E; Tsarbopoulos, A1
Bathaie, SZ; Farajzade, A; Hoshyar, R1
Kim, SC; Kim, SH; Lee, JM; Lee, PC; Park, CB1
Alonso, GL; Carmona, M; D'Alessandro, AM; Di Cesare, E; Festuccia, C; Gravina, GL; Jannini, EA; Lenzi, A; Llorens, S; Mancini, A; Scarsella, L; Tatone, C1
Brandt, S; Düfer, M; Galla, HJ; Hensel, A; Hüwel, S; Lautenschläger, M; Riehemann, K; Sendker, J1
Broadhead, GK; Chang, A; Grigg, J; McCluskey, P1
Alonso, GL; Carmona, M; D'Alessandro, AM; Llorens, S; Mancini, A; Nava, E; Serrano-Díaz, J1
Huang, ZQ; Jiang, SJ; Li, HN; Li, SH; Li, Y; Ling, Y; Ren, ZQ; Zhang, F; Zhang, Y; Zhou, WE1
Dawalbhakta, M; Telang, M1
Ahrazem, O; Diretto, G; Gómez-Gómez, L; Molina, RV; Pallotti, C; Parra-Vega, V; Prieto, A; Rivas-Sendra, A; Rubio-Moraga, Á; Seguí-Simarro, JM1
Aa, J; Chen, T; Fei, F; Feng, S; Geng, J; Huang, J; Li, S; Sun, R; Wang, G; Wang, J; Wang, P; Yang, N; Yu, X; Zhang, Y; Zhao, Y; Zhen, L; Zhu, X; Zhu, Y1
Bathaie, SZ; Jafarisani, M; Mousavi, MF1
Khan, TH; Patel, S; Sarwat, M1
Hosseinzadeh, H; Rameshrad, M; Razavi, BM1
Ahrazem, O; Argandoña, J; Diretto, G; Gómez-Gómez, L; Granell, A; Julve, JM; Orzáez, D; Rubio-Moraga, Á1
Hosseini, A; Hosseinzadeh, H; Razavi, BM1
Hayakawa, T; Hori, S; Inoue, E; Masui, R; Shimizu, Y; Sudoh, K; Tsubonoya, T1
Alonso Salinas, GL; Alonso, GL; Chaouqi, S; Jiménez-Monreal, AM; José Bagur, M; Llorens, S; Martínez-Tomé, M1
Avan, A; Ferns, GA; Hassanian, SM; Kermanshahi, B; Kermanshahi, F; Khazaei, M; Khorasanchi, Z; Parizadeh, MR; Ryzhikov, M; Shafiee, M1
Al-Babili, S; Aprea, G; Azad, NH; Demurtas, OC; Diretto, G; Ferrante, P; Frigerio, L; Frusciante, S; Giuliano, G; Mi, J; Pietrella, M; Romano, E; Taddei, AR1
Dalla, C; Gikas, E; Karkoula, E; Kokras, N; Lemonakis, N; Skaltsounis, AL; Tsarbopoulos, A1
Arzi, L; Hoshyar, R; Jafarzadeh, N; Riazi, G; Sadeghizadeh, M2
D'Archivio, AA; Di Donato, F; Foschi, M; Maggi, MA; Ruggieri, F1
Amel Farzad, S; Ghasim, H; Hashemi, M; Kalalinia, F; Pishavar, E; Ramezani, M1
Brunetti, L; Chiavaroli, A; Ferrante, C; Leone, S; Leporini, L; Menghini, L; Orlando, G; Recinella, L1
Cardile, V; Crascì, L; Graziano, ACE; Musumeci, T; Panico, AM; Puglia, C; Puglisi, G; Raciti, G; Salerno, L; Santonocito, D1
Angelis, A; Gikas, E; Halabalaki, M; Karkoula, E; Koulakiotis, NS; Skaltsounis, AL; Tsarbopoulos, A1
Chu, J; Ding, F; He, B; Liu, F; Shao, W; Wu, B1
Colapietro, A; D'Alessandro, AM; Festuccia, C; Mancini, A1
Bai, C; Chen, Y; Deng, L; Du, L; Hu, Y; Li, X; Liu, X; Liu, Y; Sun, L; Wang, W; Wang, Z; Xia, Q; Yin, T; Zhang, H1
Brown, J; Heitmar, R; Kyrou, I1
Bi, C; Dai, L; He, P; Sun, Y; Wang, W; Ye, L; Zhang, X; Zhao, D; Zheng, J1
Ayanmanesh, M; Csupor, D; Horváth, A; Khamushi, A; Kiss, T; Mahmoodi Sourestani, M; Mottaghipisheh, J; Tóth, B1
Arab, FL; Mahmoudi, M; Nikkhah, K; Rastin, M; Tabasi, NS; Yousefi, F1
Chu, X; Guan, S; Jin, W; Liang, Y; Wang, H; Xue, Y; Zhang, J; Zhang, Y1
Bisti, S; Maggi, MA; Picco, C1
Cerdá-Bernad, D; Frutos, MJ; Pastor, JJ; Valero-Cases, E1
Hosseini, SM; Khodaverdi, E; Mehri, S; Mohajeri, SA; Sepahi, S; Soheili, ZS; Tavakkol-Afshari, J1
Bordes, A; Lemée, L; Suchareau, M1
Emami, SA; Jafari, F; Javadi, B; Salmasi, Z; Tayarani-Najaran, Z; Tayarani-Najjaran, M1

Reviews

13 review(s) available for retinol and crocin

ArticleYear
Avicenna's (Ibn Sina) the Canon of Medicine and saffron (Crocus sativus): a review.
    Phytotherapy research : PTR, 2013, Volume: 27, Issue:4

    Topics: Carotenoids; Cosmetics; Crocus; Cyclohexenes; Herbal Medicine; History, Medieval; Incunabula as Topic; Plant Extracts; Terpenes; Vitamin A

2013
A review of the chemistry and uses of crocins and crocetin, the carotenoid natural dyes in saffron, with particular emphasis on applications as colorants including their use as biological stains.
    Biotechnic & histochemistry : official publication of the Biological Stain Commission, 2014, Volume: 89, Issue:6

    Topics: Animals; Carotenoids; Coloring Agents; Crocus; Flowers; Humans; Plant Extracts; Vitamin A

2014
Efficacy and Safety of Saffron Supplementation: Current Clinical Findings.
    Critical reviews in food science and nutrition, 2016, Dec-09, Volume: 56, Issue:16

    Topics: Affect; Animals; Antioxidants; Cardiovascular System; Carotenoids; Clinical Trials as Topic; Cognition; Crocus; Cyclohexenes; Disease Models, Animal; Humans; Oxidative Stress; Phytotherapy; Plant Preparations; Reproduction; Terpenes; Vision, Ocular; Vitamin A; Zeaxanthins

2016
Patents on Therapeutic and Cosmetic Applications of Bioactives of Crocus Sativus L. and their Production through Synthetic Biology Methods: A Review.
    Recent patents on biotechnology, 2017, Volume: 11, Issue:1

    Topics: Animals; Biological Factors; Carotenoids; Cosmeceuticals; Crocus; Cyclohexenes; Databases, Factual; Humans; Metabolic Diseases; Nervous System Diseases; Patents as Topic; Plant Extracts; Synthetic Biology; Terpenes; Vitamin A

2017
Mechanism behind the anti-tumour potential of saffron (Crocus sativus L.): The molecular perspective.
    Critical reviews in oncology/hematology, 2017, Volume: 115

    Topics: Animals; Antineoplastic Agents; Carotenoids; Crocus; Cyclohexenes; Humans; Terpenes; Vitamin A

2017
Saffron and its derivatives, crocin, crocetin and safranal: a patent review.
    Expert opinion on therapeutic patents, 2018, Volume: 28, Issue:2

    Topics: Animals; Carotenoids; Crocus; Cyclohexenes; Drug Design; Humans; Patents as Topic; Plant Extracts; Terpenes; Vitamin A

2018
Pharmacokinetic Properties of Saffron and its Active Components.
    European journal of drug metabolism and pharmacokinetics, 2018, Volume: 43, Issue:4

    Topics: Animals; Carotenoids; Crocus; Humans; Vitamin A

2018
Saffron: An Old Medicinal Plant and a Potential Novel Functional Food.
    Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 2017, Dec-23, Volume: 23, Issue:1

    Topics: Antidepressive Agents; Antineoplastic Agents; Antioxidants; Carotenoids; Color; Crocus; Cyclohexenes; Functional Food; Glucosides; Humans; Phytochemicals; Plants, Medicinal; Spices; Terpenes; Vitamin A

2017
Crocus sativus a natural food coloring and flavoring has potent anti-tumor properties.
    Phytomedicine : international journal of phytotherapy and phytopharmacology, 2018, Apr-01, Volume: 43

    Topics: Anticarcinogenic Agents; Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic; Apoptosis; Carotenoids; Cell Cycle; Crocus; Cyclohexenes; Female; Food Coloring Agents; Glucosides; Humans; Male; Secondary Metabolism; Terpenes; Vitamin A

2018
Phytotherapic use of the Crocus sativus L. (Saffron) and its potential applications: A brief overview.
    Phytotherapy research : PTR, 2018, Volume: 32, Issue:12

    Topics: Alzheimer Disease; Animals; Atherosclerosis; Carotenoids; Crocus; Cyclohexenes; Depression; Glucosides; Humans; Neoplasms; Phytotherapy; Plant Extracts; Sexual Dysfunction, Physiological; Terpenes; Vitamin A

2018
Crocetin and Crocin from Saffron in Cancer Chemotherapy and Chemoprevention.
    Anti-cancer agents in medicinal chemistry, 2019, Volume: 19, Issue:1

    Topics: Animals; Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic; Antioxidants; Carotenoids; Chemoprevention; Crocus; Humans; Neoplasms; Vitamin A

2019
Saffron (
    Nutrients, 2019, Mar-18, Volume: 11, Issue:3

    Topics: Animals; Anti-Inflammatory Agents; Antioxidants; Carotenoids; Crocus; Eye; Eye Diseases; Humans; Neuroprotective Agents; Phytotherapy; Plant Extracts; Vitamin A

2019
Saffron bioactives crocin, crocetin and safranal: effect on oxidative stress and mechanisms of action.
    Critical reviews in food science and nutrition, 2022, Volume: 62, Issue:12

    Topics: Antioxidants; Carotenoids; Crocus; Cyclohexenes; Oxidative Stress; Plant Extracts; Terpenes; Vitamin A

2022

Other Studies

48 other study(ies) available for retinol and crocin

ArticleYear
Determination of sulfite radical (SO.3-) reaction rate constants by means of competition kinetics.
    Radiation and environmental biophysics, 1987, Volume: 26, Issue:4

    Topics: Carotenoids; Fatty Acids, Unsaturated; Free Radicals; Glutathione; Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; Kinetics; Nucleosides; Phenols; Quercetin; Sulfites; Vitamin A

1987
Crocin (crocetin di-gentiobiose ester) prevents the inhibitory effect of ethanol on long-term potentiation in the dentate gyrus in vivo.
    The Journal of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics, 1994, Volume: 271, Issue:2

    Topics: Animals; Carotenoids; Ethanol; Hippocampus; Long-Term Potentiation; Male; Memory; Plant Extracts; Rats; Rats, Wistar; Vitamin A

1994
Simultaneous quantification of five major biologically active ingredients of saffron by high-performance liquid chromatography.
    Journal of chromatography. A, 1999, Jul-23, Volume: 849, Issue:2

    Topics: Carotenoids; Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; Liliaceae; Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet; Vitamin A

1999
Screening method for the detection of artificial colours in saffron using derivative UV-Vis spectrometry after precipitation of crocetin.
    Food additives and contaminants, 2005, Volume: 22, Issue:7

    Topics: Antioxidants; Carotenoids; Chemical Precipitation; Condiments; Crocus; Food Coloring Agents; Food Contamination; Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; Hydrolysis; Spectrum Analysis; Spices; Ultraviolet Rays; Vitamin A

2005
Orally administered crocetin and crocins are absorbed into blood plasma as crocetin and its glucuronide conjugates in mice.
    Journal of agricultural and food chemistry, 2005, Sep-07, Volume: 53, Issue:18

    Topics: Administration, Oral; Animals; Carotenoids; Glucuronides; Hydrolysis; Intestinal Absorption; Male; Mice; Mice, Inbred ICR; Vitamin A

2005
Antihyperlipidemic effect of crocin isolated from the fructus of Gardenia jasminoides and its metabolite Crocetin.
    Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin, 2005, Volume: 28, Issue:11

    Topics: Animals; Body Weight; Carotenoids; Cholesterol, LDL; Diet; Fruit; Gardenia; Hypercholesterolemia; Hypolipidemic Agents; Lipase; Lipids; Male; Mice; Mice, Inbred ICR; Organ Size; Triglycerides; Vitamin A

2005
Protective effects of carotenoids from saffron on neuronal injury in vitro and in vivo.
    Biochimica et biophysica acta, 2007, Volume: 1770, Issue:4

    Topics: Animals; Antioxidants; Brain Infarction; Carotenoids; Caspase 3; Cell Hypoxia; Cell Survival; Crocus; Cyclohexenes; Disease Models, Animal; Glucosides; Glutamate-Cysteine Ligase; Glutathione; Infarction, Middle Cerebral Artery; Lipid Peroxidation; Male; Membrane Lipids; Mice; Molecular Structure; Neurons; Neuroprotective Agents; PC12 Cells; Rats; Structure-Activity Relationship; Terpenes; Time Factors; Vitamin A

2007
Interaction of saffron carotenoids as anticancer compounds with ctDNA, Oligo (dG.dC)15, and Oligo (dA.dT)15.
    DNA and cell biology, 2007, Volume: 26, Issue:8

    Topics: Animals; Antineoplastic Agents; Binding Sites; Carotenoids; Cattle; Circular Dichroism; Crocus; DNA; Molecular Conformation; Molecular Structure; Oligodeoxyribonucleotides; Poly dA-dT; Spectrometry, Fluorescence; Vitamin A

2007
Quality and functionality of saffron: quality control, species assortment and affinity of extract and isolated saffron compounds to NMDA and sigma1 (sigma-1) receptors.
    Planta medica, 2008, Volume: 74, Issue:7

    Topics: Carotenoids; Crocus; Cyclohexanones; Cyclohexenes; Flowers; Glucosides; Plant Extracts; Quality Control; Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate; Receptors, sigma; Reference Standards; Sigma-1 Receptor; Terpenes; Vitamin A

2008
[Content comparison of diterpenoid pigments in different processed products of Gardenia jasminoides].
    Zhongguo Zhong yao za zhi = Zhongguo zhongyao zazhi = China journal of Chinese materia medica, 2008, Volume: 33, Issue:21

    Topics: Carotenoids; Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; Diterpenes; Drugs, Chinese Herbal; Gardenia; Reproducibility of Results; Vitamin A

2008
Further examination of antiradical properties of Crocus sativus stigmas extract rich in crocins.
    Journal of agricultural and food chemistry, 2009, Apr-22, Volume: 57, Issue:8

    Topics: Antioxidants; Carotenoids; Crocus; Flowers; Free Radical Scavengers; Humans; Monocytes; Plant Extracts; Reactive Oxygen Species; Vitamin A

2009
Quantification of crocetin esters in saffron (Crocus sativus L.) using Raman spectroscopy and chemometrics.
    Journal of agricultural and food chemistry, 2010, May-26, Volume: 58, Issue:10

    Topics: Calibration; Carotenoids; Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; Color; Crocus; Esters; Least-Squares Analysis; Quality Control; Reproducibility of Results; Spectrum Analysis, Raman; Vitamin A

2010
Anti-inflammatory effects of crocin and crocetin in rat brain microglial cells.
    European journal of pharmacology, 2010, Dec-01, Volume: 648, Issue:1-3

    Topics: Amyloid beta-Peptides; Animals; Anti-Inflammatory Agents; Brain; Carotenoids; Cytokines; Interferon-gamma; Lipopolysaccharides; Male; Mice; Microglia; Neurons; NF-kappa B; Nitric Oxide; Peptide Fragments; Rats; Reactive Oxygen Species; Vitamin A

2010
[Determination of geniposide, crocin and crocetin in different processing products of fructus gardeniae by HPLC-ELSD].
    Zhong yao cai = Zhongyaocai = Journal of Chinese medicinal materials, 2011, Volume: 34, Issue:5

    Topics: Carotenoids; Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; Drugs, Chinese Herbal; Fruit; Gardenia; Iridoids; Quality Control; Reproducibility of Results; Technology, Pharmaceutical; Vitamin A

2011
Crocin promotes non-rapid eye movement sleep in mice.
    Molecular nutrition & food research, 2012, Volume: 56, Issue:2

    Topics: Administration, Oral; Animals; Carotenoids; Crocus; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Electroencephalography; Injections, Intraperitoneal; Mice; Sleep Stages; Sleep, REM; Time; Vitamin A

2012
UGT75L6 and UGT94E5 mediate sequential glucosylation of crocetin to crocin in Gardenia jasminoides.
    FEBS letters, 2012, Apr-05, Volume: 586, Issue:7

    Topics: Alkylation; Carotenoids; Cells, Cultured; Dietary Supplements; Food Coloring Agents; Fruit; Gardenia; Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic; Gene Expression Regulation, Plant; Glucosides; Glucosyltransferases; Isoenzymes; Phylogeny; Plant Proteins; Recombinant Proteins; RNA, Messenger; Seedlings; Substrate Specificity; Uridine Diphosphate Glucose; Vitamin A

2012
Changes in total and individual crocetin esters upon in vitro gastrointestinal digestion of saffron aqueous extracts.
    Journal of agricultural and food chemistry, 2013, Jun-05, Volume: 61, Issue:22

    Topics: Animals; Antioxidants; Carotenoids; Cell Survival; Comet Assay; Crocus; Digestion; Esterification; Fruit; Gardenia; Gastric Mucosa; Humans; Intestinal Mucosa; Models, Biological; Molecular Structure; Monocytes; Mouth Mucosa; Pancreatic Juice; Plant Extracts; Spices; U937 Cells; Vitamin A

2013
Crocins with high levels of sugar conjugation contribute to the yellow colours of early-spring flowering crocus tepals.
    PloS one, 2013, Volume: 8, Issue:9

    Topics: beta Carotene; Carotenoids; Color; Crocus; Flowers; Gene Expression; Geranylgeranyl-Diphosphate Geranylgeranyltransferase; Glucose; Glucosyltransferases; Phylogeny; Plant Proteins; Rhamnose; Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization; Spices; Tandem Mass Spectrometry; Vitamin A

2013
Effective isolation protocol for secondary metabolites from saffron: semi-preparative scale preparation of crocin-1 and trans-crocetin.
    Fitoterapia, 2014, Volume: 92

    Topics: Antidepressive Agents; Carotenoids; Crocus; Flowers; Neuroprotective Agents; Phytotherapy; Plant Extracts; Secondary Metabolism; Vitamin A

2014
In-chain neutral hydrocarbon loss from crocin apocarotenoid ester glycosides and the crocetin aglycon (Crocus sativus L.) by ESI-MS(n) (n=2, 3).
    Journal of mass spectrometry : JMS, 2013, Volume: 48, Issue:12

    Topics: Carotenoids; Crocus; Flowers; Glycosylation; Hydrocarbons; Models, Molecular; Plant Extracts; Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization; Vitamin A

2013
Proposed cytotoxic mechanisms of the saffron carotenoids crocin and crocetin on cancer cell lines.
    Biochemistry and cell biology = Biochimie et biologie cellulaire, 2014, Volume: 92, Issue:2

    Topics: Carotenoids; Cell Line, Tumor; Crocus; Cytotoxins; Female; Humans; Isoenzymes; L-Lactate Dehydrogenase; Lactate Dehydrogenase 5; NF-E2-Related Factor 2; Reactive Oxygen Species; Vitamin A

2014
Antitumor effects of saffron-derived carotenoids in prostate cancer cell models.
    BioMed research international, 2014, Volume: 2014

    Topics: Animals; Antineoplastic Agents; beta Catenin; Cadherins; Carotenoids; Cell Line; Cell Line, Tumor; Cell Transdifferentiation; Crocus; Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition; Humans; Male; Mice; Mice, Nude; NIH 3T3 Cells; Plant Extracts; Prostatic Neoplasms; Vitamin A

2014
Intestinal formation of trans-crocetin from saffron extract (Crocus sativus L.) and in vitro permeation through intestinal and blood brain barrier.
    Phytomedicine : international journal of phytotherapy and phytopharmacology, 2015, Jan-15, Volume: 22, Issue:1

    Topics: Animals; Biological Availability; Biological Transport; Blood-Brain Barrier; Caco-2 Cells; Carotenoids; Crocus; Glycosylation; Humans; Intestinal Absorption; Intestinal Mucosa; Mice; Mice, Inbred C57BL; Plant Extracts; Swine; Vitamin A

2015
Effects of Crocetin Esters and Crocetin from Crocus sativus L. on Aortic Contractility in Rat Genetic Hypertension.
    Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 2015, Sep-22, Volume: 20, Issue:9

    Topics: Animals; Aorta; Carotenoids; Crocus; Disease Models, Animal; Esters; Hypertension; Male; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Plant Extracts; Rats; Rats, Inbred SHR; Vitamin A

2015
Determination of gardenia yellow colorants in soft drink, pastry, instant noodles with ultrasound-assisted extraction by high performance liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrum.
    Journal of chromatography. A, 2016, May-13, Volume: 1446

    Topics: Beijing; Carbonated Beverages; Carotenoids; Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; Coloring Agents; Food Analysis; Gardenia; Iridoids; Plant Extracts; Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization; Tandem Mass Spectrometry; Vitamin A

2016
Unraveling Massive Crocins Transport and Accumulation through Proteome and Microscopy Tools during the Development of Saffron Stigma.
    International journal of molecular sciences, 2017, Jan-01, Volume: 18, Issue:1

    Topics: Carotenoids; Crocus; Gene Expression Regulation, Plant; Plant Proteins; Plastids; Proteome; Terpenes; Vitamin A

2017
Sensitive analysis and simultaneous assessment of pharmacokinetic properties of crocin and crocetin after oral administration in rats.
    Journal of chromatography. B, Analytical technologies in the biomedical and life sciences, 2017, Feb-15, Volume: 1044-1045

    Topics: Administration, Oral; Animals; Biological Availability; Carotenoids; Chromatography, Liquid; Female; Injections, Intravenous; Linear Models; Male; Rats; Rats, Sprague-Dawley; Reproducibility of Results; Sensitivity and Specificity; Tandem Mass Spectrometry; Vitamin A

2017
Saffron carotenoids (crocin and crocetin) binding to human serum albumin as investigated by different spectroscopic methods and molecular docking.
    Journal of biomolecular structure & dynamics, 2018, Volume: 36, Issue:7

    Topics: Binding Sites; Carotenoids; Circular Dichroism; Crocus; Fluorescence; Humans; Hydrogen Bonding; Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions; Ligands; Molecular Docking Simulation; Protein Binding; Serum Albumin, Human; Spectrometry, Fluorescence; Thermodynamics; Vitamin A

2018
Evolutionarily distinct carotenoid cleavage dioxygenases are responsible for crocetin production in Buddleja davidii.
    Journal of experimental botany, 2017, 07-20, Volume: 68, Issue:16

    Topics: Buddleja; Carotenoids; Computer Simulation; Dioxygenases; Escherichia coli; Evolution, Molecular; Flowers; Gene Expression Regulation, Plant; Phylogeny; Plant Proteins; Recombinant Fusion Proteins; Vitamin A; Zeaxanthins

2017
Effects of saffron and its constituents, crocin-1, crocin-2, and crocetin on α-synuclein fibrils.
    Journal of natural medicines, 2018, Volume: 72, Issue:1

    Topics: alpha-Synuclein; Carotenoids; Crocus; Plant Extracts; Vitamin A

2018
Candidate Enzymes for Saffron Crocin Biosynthesis Are Localized in Multiple Cellular Compartments.
    Plant physiology, 2018, Volume: 177, Issue:3

    Topics: Aldehyde Dehydrogenase; Carotenoids; Crocus; Gene Expression Profiling; Gene Expression Regulation, Plant; Glycosylation; Glycosyltransferases; Green Fluorescent Proteins; Immunohistochemistry; Microscopy, Confocal; Nicotiana; Organ Specificity; Plant Proteins; Plants, Genetically Modified; Vitamin A

2018
Trans-crocin 4 is not hydrolyzed to crocetin following i.p. administration in mice, while it shows penetration through the blood brain barrier.
    Fitoterapia, 2018, Volume: 129

    Topics: Animals; Biological Availability; Biological Transport; Blood-Brain Barrier; Brain Chemistry; Carotenoids; Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; Male; Mice; Vitamin A

2018
A Comparative Study on Anti-Invasion, Antimigration, and Antiadhesion Effects of the Bioactive Carotenoids of Saffron on 4T1 Breast Cancer Cells Through Their Effects on Wnt/β-Catenin Pathway Genes.
    DNA and cell biology, 2018, Volume: 37, Issue:8

    Topics: Animals; beta Catenin; Breast Neoplasms; Carotenoids; Cell Adhesion; Cell Movement; Crocus; Female; Humans; Mice; Neoplasm Metastasis; Plant Extracts; Tumor Cells, Cultured; Vitamin A; Wnt Signaling Pathway

2018
UHPLC Analysis of Saffron (
    Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 2018, Jul-25, Volume: 23, Issue:8

    Topics: Carotenoids; Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; Coloring Agents; Crocus; Esters; Glucosides; Mass Spectrometry; Neural Networks, Computer; Plant Extracts; Tracheophyta; Vitamin A

2018
Comparison of the effect of crocin and crocetin, two major compounds extracted from saffron, on osteogenic differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells.
    Life sciences, 2018, Sep-01, Volume: 208

    Topics: Animals; Carotenoids; Cell Differentiation; Cells, Cultured; Crocus; Male; Mesenchymal Stem Cells; Osteoblasts; Osteogenesis; Plant Extracts; Rats; Rats, Wistar; Vitamin A

2018
Nanotechnological Approach to Increase the Antioxidant and Cytotoxic Efficacy of Crocin and Crocetin.
    Planta medica, 2019, Volume: 85, Issue:3

    Topics: Antineoplastic Agents; Antioxidants; Biological Availability; Carotenoids; Cell Line, Tumor; Cytotoxins; Drug Delivery Systems; Humans; Nanoparticles; Vitamin A

2019
Rapid isolation and characterization of crocins, picrocrocin, and crocetin from saffron using centrifugal partition chromatography and LC-MS.
    Journal of separation science, 2018, Volume: 41, Issue:22

    Topics: Acetates; Butanols; Carotenoids; Centrifugation; Chromatography, Liquid; Crocus; Cyclohexenes; Ethanol; Glucosides; Heptanes; Mass Spectrometry; Molecular Structure; Solvents; Terpenes; Vitamin A; Water

2018
Efficient Synthesis of Crocins from Crocetin by a Microbial Glycosyltransferase from Bacillus subtilis 168.
    Journal of agricultural and food chemistry, 2018, Nov-07, Volume: 66, Issue:44

    Topics: Bacillus subtilis; Bacterial Proteins; Carotenoids; Glycosylation; Glycosyltransferases; Vitamin A

2018
Comparative anti-arthritic investigation of iridoid glycosides and crocetin derivatives from Gardenia jasminoides Ellis in Freund's complete adjuvant-induced arthritis in rats.
    Phytomedicine : international journal of phytotherapy and phytopharmacology, 2019, Volume: 53

    Topics: Animals; Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal; Arthritis, Experimental; Carotenoids; Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; Drug Evaluation, Preclinical; Freund's Adjuvant; Gardenia; Iridoid Glycosides; Iridoids; Male; Rats, Sprague-Dawley; Transforming Growth Factor beta1; Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; Vitamin A

2019
Construction of Escherichia coli cell factories for crocin biosynthesis.
    Microbial cell factories, 2019, Jul-05, Volume: 18, Issue:1

    Topics: Biosynthetic Pathways; Carotenoids; Crocus; Dioxygenases; Escherichia coli; Gardenia; Genes, Plant; Glycosyltransferases; Metabolic Engineering; Plant Proteins; Vitamin A

2019
Anti-metastatic properties of a potent herbal combination in cell and mice models of triple negative breast cancer.
    Life sciences, 2020, Feb-15, Volume: 243

    Topics: Animals; Carotenoids; Cell Line; Cell Proliferation; Herbal Medicine; Humans; Mice; Neoplasm Invasiveness; Neoplasm Metastasis; Triple Negative Breast Neoplasms; Vitamin A

2020
Comprehensive chemotaxonomic analysis of saffron crocus tepal and stamen samples, as raw materials with potential antidepressant activity.
    Journal of pharmaceutical and biomedical analysis, 2020, May-30, Volume: 184

    Topics: Antidepressive Agents; Carotenoids; Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; Crocus; Cyclohexenes; Flavonoids; Flowers; Glucosides; Kaempferols; Monosaccharides; Plant Extracts; Quercetin; Terpenes; Vitamin A

2020
Comparative assessment of immunomodulatory, proliferative, and antioxidant activities of crocin and crocetin on mesenchymal stem cells.
    Journal of cellular biochemistry, 2021, Volume: 122, Issue:1

    Topics: Antioxidants; Apoptosis; Carotenoids; Cell Proliferation; Cells, Cultured; Crocus; Humans; Immunomodulation; Mesenchymal Stem Cells; Multiple Sclerosis; Nitric Oxide; Plant Extracts; Vitamin A

2021
Inhibitory effects of four active components in saffron on human ether-a-go-go-related gene (hERG) K+ currents.
    General physiology and biophysics, 2020, Volume: 39, Issue:5

    Topics: Arrhythmias, Cardiac; Carotenoids; Crocus; Cyclohexenes; ERG1 Potassium Channel; Glucosides; Humans; Phytochemicals; Terpenes; Vitamin A

2020
Saffron: Chemical Composition and Neuroprotective Activity.
    Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 2020, Nov-29, Volume: 25, Issue:23

    Topics: Adenosine Triphosphate; Animals; Calcium; Carotenoids; Cell Line, Tumor; Cell Survival; Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; Crocus; Disease Models, Animal; Flowers; HEK293 Cells; Humans; Light; Mice; Neurodegenerative Diseases; Neuroprotective Agents; Plant Extracts; Rats, Sprague-Dawley; Receptors, Purinergic P2X7; Retina; Retinal Degeneration; Vitamin A

2020
Retinoprotective Effects Of Crocin And Crocetin via Anti-Angiogenic Mechanism in High Glucose-Induced Human Retinal Pigment Epithelium Cells.
    Current molecular pharmacology, 2021, Volume: 14, Issue:5

    Topics: Carotenoids; Glucose; Humans; Retinal Pigment Epithelium; Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A; Vitamin A

2021
Improved quantification method of crocins in saffron extract using HPLC-DAD after qualification by HPLC-DAD-MS.
    Food chemistry, 2021, Nov-15, Volume: 362

    Topics: Air; Carotenoids; Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; Crocus; Food Analysis; Food Storage; Light; Mass Spectrometry; Plant Extracts; Vitamin A

2021
Inhibitory effect of saffron, crocin, crocetin, and safranal against adipocyte differentiation in human adipose-derived stem cells.
    Journal of ethnopharmacology, 2022, Aug-10, Volume: 294

    Topics: Adipocytes; Carotenoids; Cell Differentiation; Crocus; Cyclohexenes; Humans; Mesenchymal Stem Cells; Obesity; Plant Extracts; PPAR gamma; Terpenes; Vitamin A

2022