Keyword

crocin

Description: A water-soluble carotenoid pigment found in saffron, studied for its biological and pharmacological effects.

Primary topic: Saffron Plant Research Studies (72%)

Wikidata ID: wiki/Q424767

OpenAlex ID: keywords/crocin

Iridoid Glucosides with Free Radical Scavenging Properties from Fagraea blumei

1997 · Muriel Cuendet, Kurt Hostettmann, et al. · Helvetica Chimica Acta · 801

Carotenoids: biochemistry, pharmacology and treatment

2016 · Alireza Milani, Marzieh Basirnejad, et al. · British Journal of Pharmacology · 780

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Anti-inflammatory effects of crocin and crocetin in rat brain microglial cells

2010 · Kyong Nyon Nam, Young-Min Park, et al. · European Journal of Pharmacology · 430

Radical scavenging activity ofCrocus sativus L. extract and its bioactive constituents

2005 · A. N. Assimopoulou, Z. Sinakos, et al. · Phytotherapy Research · 429

The Role of Antioxidants on Wound Healing: A Review of the Current Evidence

2021 · Inés María Comino-Sanz, María Dolores López-Franco, et al. · Journal of Clinical Medicine · 414

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Crocin, safranal and picrocrocin from saffron (Crocus sativus L.) inhibit the growth of human cancer cells in vitro

1996 · Julio Escribano, Gonzalo-Luis Alonso, et al. · Cancer Letters · 386

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Bioactivity assessment and toxicity of crocin: A comprehensive review

2013 · Seyedeh Hoda Alavizadeh, Hossein Hosseinzadeh · Food and Chemical Toxicology · 379

Chemical and biological properties of the world's most expensive spice: Saffron

2010 · John P. Melnyk, Sunan Wang, et al. · Food Research International · 375

Determination of saffron (Crocus sativus L.) components in crude plant extract using high-performance liquid chromatography-UV-visible photodiode-array detection-mass spectrometry

1995 · Petros A. Tarantilis, George Tsoupras, et al. · Journal of Chromatography A · 349

Inhibitory Activity on Amyloid-β Aggregation and Antioxidant Properties ofCrocus sativusStigmas Extract and Its Crocin Constituents

2006 · Magdalini A. Papandreou, Charalambos D. Kanakis, et al. · Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry · 342

Moroccan Medicinal plants as inhibitors against SARS-CoV-2 main protease: Computational investigations

2020 · I. Aanouz, A. Belhassan, et al. · Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics · 341

Protective effects of saffron extract and its active constituent crocin against oxidative stress and spatial learning and memory deficits induced by chronic stress in rats

2011 · Behshid Ghadrdoost, Abbas Ali Vafaei, et al. · European Journal of Pharmacology · 295

Saffron (Crocus sativus L.), the king of spices: An overview

2020 · Loriana Cardone, Donato Castronuovo, et al. · Scientia Horticulturae · 274

Anxiolytic and hypnotic effect of Crocus sativus aqueous extract and its constituents, crocin and safranal, in mice

2009 · Hossein Hosseinzadeh, Nahid B. Noraei · Phytotherapy Research · 270

Effects of saffron extract and its constituent crocin on learning behaviour and long-term potentiation

2000 · Kazuho Abe, Hiroshi Saito · Phytotherapy Research · 270

Retention of saffron bioactive components by spray drying encapsulation using maltodextrin, gum Arabic and gelatin as wall materials

2015 · Hamid Rajabi, Mohammad Ghorbani, et al. · Food Hydrocolloids · 268

Mechanism of hypolipidemic effect of crocin in rats: Crocin inhibits pancreatic lipase

2006 · Liang Sheng, Zhiyu Qian, et al. · European Journal of Pharmacology · 266

Antihyperlipidemic Effect of Crocin Isolated from the Fructus of Gardenia jasminoides and Its Metabolite Crocetin

2005 · In-Ah Lee, Jin Hee Lee, et al. · Biological and Pharmaceutical Bulletin · 259

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Avicenna's (Ibn Sina) the Canon of Medicine and Saffron (Crocus sativus): A Review

2012 · Hossein Hosseinzadeh, Marjan Nassiri‐Asl · Phytotherapy Research · 255

Quantification of saffron (Crocus sativus L.) metabolites crocins, picrocrocin and safranal for quality determination of the spice grown under different environmental Moroccan conditions

2009 · Mounira Lage, Charles L. Cantrell · Scientia Horticulturae · 252

Integrated natural deep eutectic solvent and pulse-ultrasonication for efficient extraction of crocins from gardenia fruits (Gardenia jasminoides Ellis) and its bioactivities

2022 · Hao Huang, Yingjie Zhu, et al. · Food Chemistry · 249

Nano-encapsulation of saffron extract through double-layered multiple emulsions of pectin and whey protein concentrate

2015 · Afshin Faridi Esfanjani, Seid Mahdi Jafari, et al. · Journal of Food Engineering · 247

Effects of crocin on reperfusion-induced oxidative/nitrative injury to cerebral microvessels after global cerebral ischemia

2006 · Yong-Qiu Zheng, Jian-Xun Liu, et al. · Brain Research · 245

Protective effects of carotenoids from saffron on neuronal injury in vitro and in vivo

2006 · Takashi Ochiai, Hiroshi Shimeno, et al. · Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - General Subjects · 244

Crocin prevents the death of rat pheochromyctoma (PC-12) cells by its antioxidant effects stronger than those of α-tocopherol

2004 · Takashi Ochiai, Shigekazu Ohno, et al. · Neuroscience Letters · 243

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Citation count: 70,390