Volume & Issue: Volume 16, Issue 1, January 2013, Pages 1-107 (SAFFRON SPECIAL ISSUE) 

Review Article

A Survey on Saffron in Major Islamic Traditional Medicine Books

Pages 1-11

10.22038/ijbms.2013.243

Behjat Javadi; Amirhossein Sahebkar; Seyed Ahmad Emami


Original Article

Saffron Aqueous Extract Inhibits the Chemically-induced Gastric Cancer Progression in the Wistar Albino Rat

Pages 26-38

10.22038/ijbms.2013.245

S. Zahra Bathaie; Hamidreza Miri; Mohammad-Ali Mohagheghi; Manijeh Mokhtari- Dizaji; Amir-Ali Shahbazfar; Hadi Hasanzadeh


Safety Evaluation of Crocin (a constituent of saffron) Tablets in Healthy Volunteers

Pages 39-44

10.22038/ijbms.2013.247

Amir Houshang Mohamadpour; Zahara Ayati; Mohammad–Reza Parizadeh; Omid Rajbai; Hossein Hosseinzadeh


Development and Validation of HPLC Method for Determination of Crocetin, a constituent of Saffron, in Human Serum Samples

Pages 47-56

10.22038/ijbms.2013.248

Amir Hooshang Mohammadpour; Mohammad Ramezani; Nasim Tavakoli Anaraki; Bizhan Malaekeh-Nikouei; Sara Amel Farzad2; Hossein Hosseinzadeh


Cardioprotective Effect of Saffron Extract and Safranal in Isoproterenol-Induced Myocardial Infarction in Wistar Rats

Pages 56-63

10.22038/ijbms.2013.249

Roya Mehdizadeh; Mohammad–Reza Parizadeh; Ali-Reza Khooei; Soghra Mehri; Hossein Hosseinzadeh


Crocin Restores Hypotensive Effect of Subchronic Administration of Diazinon in Rats

Pages 64-72

10.22038/ijbms.2013.250

Marjan Razavi; Hossein Hosseinzadeh; Khalil Abnous; Vahideh Sadat Motamedshariaty; Mohsen Imenshahidi


Crocin Enhanced Functional Recovery after Sciatic Nerve Crush Injury in Rats

Pages 83-90

10.22038/ijbms.2013.252

Esmaeal Tamaddonfard; Amir Abbas Farshid; Elham Ahmadian; Abbas Hamidhoseyni


Crocin Improved Learning and Memory Impairments in Streptozotocin-Induced Diabetic Rats

Pages 91-100

10.22038/ijbms.2013.253

Esmaeal Tamaddonfard; Amir Abbas Farshid; Siamak Asri-Rezaee; Shahram Javadi; Voria Khosravi; Bentolhoda Rahman; Zahra Mirfakhraee


The Effect of the Crocus Sativus L. Carotenoid, Crocin, on the Polymerization of Microtubules, in Vitro

Pages 101-107

10.22038/ijbms.2013.254

Hossein Zarei Jaliani; Gholam Hossein Riazi; Seyyed Mahmoud Ghaffari; Oveis Karima; Abbas Rahmani