Can saffron (crocus sativus) be effective in the treatment of leishmaniasis?

Infectious Disorders - Drug Targets

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 328-329

  Bagherani, Nooshin ^a  

^a Dr Nooshin Bagherani's Office   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cardiotoxicity; Crocus sativus; Leishmaniasis; Pathogenesis; Saffron; Treatment

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID; CROCIN; CROCUS SATIVUS EXTRACT; GALLIC ACID; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1 ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 4; MESSENGER RNA; PYROGALLOL; TERPENE DERIVATIVE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CD4+ CD25+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CROCUS SATIVUS; FLY BITE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS; NEUTROPHIL; PATHOGENESIS; PSYCHODIDAE; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL; UPREGULATION; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CROCUS; DISEASE CARRIER; DRUG EFFECTS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; CROCUS; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PSYCHODIDAE;

EID: 84900811058     PISSN: 18715265     EISSN: 18755852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1871526514666140217145454     Document Type: Article

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