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14-September-2008 18:38:46 - Crocin Chemical structure of crocin. Chemical structure of crocin. This article is about a naturally occurring compound. For the Indian brand of painkiller of same name, see paracetamol. Crocin is a natural carotenoid chemical compound that is found in the flowers crocus and gardenia.1 It is the diester formed from the disaccharide gentiobiose and the dicarboxylic acid crocetin. It has a deep red color and forms crystals with a melting point of 186 °C. When dissolved in water, it forms an orange solution. Crocin is the chemical ingredient primarily responsible for the color of saffron. It has also been shown to be a potent antioxidant. 2 3 4 It has also been shown to have an anticarcinogenic action. 5 6 7 Crocin has been shown to have antidepressant properties.89 References ^ Chemical Information. sun.ars-grin.gov. Retrieved on 2008-03-02. ^ Papandreou MA, Kanakis CD, Polissiou MG, Efthimiopoulos S, Cordopatis P, Margarity M, Lamari FN. 2006. Inhibitory activity on amyloid-beta aggregation and antioxidant properties of Crocus sativus stigmas extract and its crocin constituents.. J Agric Food Chem. 54 23: 8762-8. doi:10.1021/jf061932a. PMID 17090119. ^ Ochiai T et al. 2006. Protective effects of carotenoids from saffron on neuronal injury in vitro and in vivo.. Biochim Biophys Acta. 1770 4: 578-584. PMID 17215084. ^ Zheng YQ, Liu JX, Wang JN, Xu L. 2006. Effects of crocin on reperfusion-induced oxidative/nitrative injury to cerebral microvessels after global cerebral ischemia.. Brain Res. 1138: 86-94. doi:10.1016/j.brainres.2006.12.064. PMID 17274961. ^ Escribano J, Alonso GL, Coca-Prados M, Fernandez JA. 1996. Crocin, safranal and picrocrocin from saffron Crocus sativus L. inhibit the growth of human cancer cells in vitro.. Cancer Letters 100 1-2: 22-30. doi:10.1016/0304-38359504067-6. PMID 8620447. ^ Chryssanthi DG, Lamari FN, Iatrou G, Pylara A, Karamanos NK, Cordopatis P. 2007. Inhibition of breast cancer cell proliferation by style constituents of different Crocus species.. Anticancer Research 27 1A: 357-62. PMID 17352254. ^ Abdullaev Jafarova F, Caballero-Ortega H, Riverón-Negrete L, Pereda-Miranda R, Rivera-Luna R, Manuel Hernández J, Pérez-López I, Espinosa-Aguirre JJ. 2002. In vitro evaluation of the chemopreventive potential of saffron.. Rev. Invest. Clin. 54 5: 430-6. PMID 12587418. ^ Antidepressant effect of Crocus sativus L. stigma extracts and their constituents, crocin and safranal, in mice.. www.cababstractsplus.org. Retrieved on 2008-03-02. ^ Comparison of Crocus sativus L. and imipramine in the treatment of mild to moderate depression: A pilot double-blind randomized trial ISRCTN45683816. www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov. Retrieved on 2008-03-03. See also Gardenia v d e Carotenoids Carotenes: Carotene Alpha-carotene · Beta-carotene · Lycopene · Phytoene Phytofluene · Neurosporene Retinoids: Acitretin · Alitretinoin · Apocarotenal · Bexarotene · Etretinate · Fenretinide · Isotretinoin · Retinaldehyde · Tazarotene · Vitamin A Retinol, Tretinoin Xanthophylls: Antheraxanthin · Astaxanthin · Canthaxanthin · Citranaxanthin · Cryptoxanthin · Diadinoxanthin · Diatoxanthin · Dinoxanthin · Flavoxanthin · Fucoxanthin · Lutein · Neoxanthin · Rhodoxanthin · Rubixanthin · Violaxanthin · Zeaxanthin Other: Crocin · Crocetin · Peridinin · Food orange 7 Retrieved from http://en..org/wiki/Crocin Categories: Food colorings | Dietary antioxidants | Carotenoids | Saffron Views Article Discussion this page History Personal tools Log in / create account Navigation Main page Contents Featured content Current events Random article Search Go Search Interaction Community portal Recent changes Contact Donate to Help Toolbox What links here Related changes Upload file Special pages Printable version Permanent link Cite this page Languages العربية Français 日本語 Türkçe This page was last modified on 22 August 2008, at 05:02
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