توضیحات

Project Manager : Dr Jamal Alavi Shandizi

Sales Manager : Mr Reza Sadeghi Khabbaz

What’s Crocin?

Crocin is one of the Carotenoid compounds that just presented in saffron and gardenia. Crocin is synthesized only by plant itself and like other natural compounds which is usually found in plants.

Introduction of Crocin

Herbal plants have been used for folk medicine since immemorial times and still used in developing countries as the primary source of medical treatment. Thus, research has developed into investigating the potential properties and uses of terrestrial plants extracts for the preparation of potential nanomaterial based drugs for diseases including cancer. Many plant species are already being used to treat or prevent development of cancer. Cancer is a major public health problem worldwide. Currently, cancer is the second leading cause of death and its incidence is expected to be more than heart disease in upcoming years. The most important considerable features of cancer cells are uncontrolled proliferation, up-regulated differentiation, and immortality. Therefore, there is a focus on treatment of cancer by using of the medicinal plants. One of the ancient pharmaceutical planets that used as medicinal plants in almost all cultures of the past to the present is saffron (Crocus sativus L.) and its main constituents.