Biomedical properties of saffron and its potential use in cancer therapy and chemoprevention trials

• Published in: Cancer detection and prevention Vol. 28; no. 6; pp. 426 - 432
• Main Authors: Abdullaev, F.I., Espinosa-Aguirre, J.J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 01.01.2004; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic - pharmacology; Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic - therapeutic use; Cancer; Cancer chemoprevention; Cancer therapies; Chemoprevention; Clinical trials; Coronary vessels; Crocus; Cytotoxicity; Epidemiology; Free radicals; Herbal medicine; Humans; Medicine; Models, Animal; Neoplasms - drug therapy; Phytotherapy - methods; Saffron; Saffron ( Crocus sativus); Studies; Cancer chemoprevention; Clinical trials; Cytotoxicity; Saffron ( Crocus sativus)

Chemoprevention strategies are very attractive and have earned serious consideration as potential means of controlling the incidence of cancer. An important element of anticancer drug development using plants is the accumulation and analysis of pertinent experimental data and purported ethnomedical...