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Bioactivity and Bioavailability of the Major Metabolites of Crocus sativus L. Flower

Crocus sativus L. has been cultivated throughout history to obtain its flowers, whose dried stigmas give rise to the spice known as saffron. Crocetin esters, picrocrocin, and safranal are the main metabolites of this spice, which possess a great bioactivity, although the mechanisms of action and its...

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Autores principales: Moratalla-López, Natalia, Bagur, María José, Lorenzo, Cándida, Martínez-Navarro, M.E., Salinas, M. Rosario, Alonso, Gonzalo L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6696252/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31382514
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules24152827