Najme Sadat Azari; Monir Hosseinzadeh Namin; Mehrzad Roughani
Abstract
Saffron (Crocus sativus L.) is a member of Iridaceae family and beside its usefulness nutrition, it is considered to be a valuable plant in phytomedicine. This plant propagates bycorms. To evaluate the effect of corms aqueous extract on the human immune system, theaqueous extract was given to volunteer ...
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Saffron (Crocus sativus L.) is a member of Iridaceae family and beside its usefulness nutrition, it is considered to be a valuable plant in phytomedicine. This plant propagates bycorms. To evaluate the effect of corms aqueous extract on the human immune system, theaqueous extract was given to volunteer candidates as a soft drink. Blood samples were taken from candidates before and after administration. The candidates were divided into threegroups on the basis of drinks received between intervals of two blood samples e.g none(control), water alone and aqueous extract.. The analysis of IgG, IgM, C3 and C4 amounts inserum was performed by using appropriate SRID kit. The results showed that the amountsof C4, C3, IgG and IgM of control and water consumption groups slightly increased but thethird group who used corms aqueous extract showed that the concentration of C4, C3, IgGincreased while IgM decreased. This primary evaluation study revealed that the aqueousextract of corms stimulates human’s innate and humoral immune system.
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Abstract
Saffron (Crocus Sativus L.) is a member of Iridaceae family and one of the most valuable plants in medicine and nutrition point of view. This plant is propagated by corms. Corm is composed of many compounds including starch, proteins and components that have been involved in immune. To evaluate the effect ...
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Saffron (Crocus Sativus L.) is a member of Iridaceae family and one of the most valuable plants in medicine and nutrition point of view. This plant is propagated by corms. Corm is composed of many compounds including starch, proteins and components that have been involved in immune. To evaluate the effect of corms aqueous extract on the human immune system, the aqueous extract was used by candidates as soft drink. Blood samples were taken from candidates before and after treatments. The candidates were divided into three groups on the base of drink they got between intervals of two blood Sampling e.g. negative control( without any drinking), positive control (water drinking) and treatment (those who took aqueous extract of corm). The analysis of IgG, IgM, C3 and C4 were performed by using appropriate SRID kits. The results showed that the amount of C4, C3, IgG and IgM of control and water consumption groups were slightly increased but the third group who used aqueous extract showed increased concentrations of C4, C3, IgG and decreased IgM. The results suggested the aqueous extract of corms affected on human’s innate and humoral immune system.
