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- W3202206515 abstract "Saffron is a spice which is isolated from the dried stigmas of Crocus sativus L. with plentiful of beneficial pharmacological effects including chemopreventive and anticancer properties that are mainly linked to the rich presence of carotenoids in particular crocin, crocetin, picrocrocin and safranal. The mechanism of carotenoids chemopreventive features includes apoptosis, antioxidant activity, improving cell differentiation, modulating carcinogen metabolism, immune modulation, regulating the progression of cell cycle and growth, stimulating the communications of cell-to-cell gap junctions, and inhibiting cell proliferation. Numerous preclinical studies were performed on cancer animal models and cancerous cell lines which confirmed the favorable anticancer properties of saffron on a variety of cancers. Additionally, saffron has been shown to provide protective effects against toxicities associated with several cancer chemotherapeutic agents. Moreover, the key saffron compounds crocin and crocetin can have a synergetic effect when used with other conventional anticancer drugs, thus, improving the efficacy of these drugs in cancer therapy. Furthermore, several studies encapsulated crocin, crocetin, or safranal within nanocarriers to enhance their effectiveness in cancer therapy by overcoming physicochemical limitations. In the present chapter, we aim to give an overview of the mechanism involved in the promising anticancer effects of saffron and its main carotenoids and their applications in preventing and treating several types of cancers." @default.
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- W3202206515 date "2021-01-01" @default.
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- W3202206515 title "Saffron (Crocins) Against Cancer" @default.
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