Saffron (Crocus sativus) aqueous extract and its constituent crocin reduces stress-induced anorexia in mice

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1833-1838

  Halataei, Bahar Al Sadat ^a   Khosravi, Maryam ^a   Arbabian, Sedigheh ^a   Sahraei, Hedayat ^b   Golmanesh, Leila ^b   Zardooz, Homeira ^c   Jalili, Cyrus ^d   Ghoshooni, Hassan ^b  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b BAQIYATALLAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d KERMANSHAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

anorexia; corticosterone; crocin; Crocus sativus; inescapable stress; safranal

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; CROCIN; PLANT EXTRACT; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; SAFFRANAL; SAFFRON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; CROCUS SATIVUS; DRUG EFFICACY; FOOD INTAKE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; STRESS; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANIMALS; ANOREXIA; BODY WEIGHT; CAROTENOIDS; CORTICOSTERONE; CROCUS; CYCLOHEXENES; ELECTROSHOCK; ENERGY INTAKE; ETHANOL; MALE; MICE; PLANT EXTRACTS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TERPENES; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 82155197279     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.3495     Document Type: Article

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