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Crocins from (Crocus sativus): Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

Posted on April 20, 2021 by Robert Barrington

Saffron contains some nutritionally interesting phytochemicals including crocins, picrocrocin and safranal. Both saffrinal (a monoterpene aldehyde) and picrocrocin (a glycoside of safranal) are degradation products of the carotenoid zeaxanthin (picrocrocin being an intermediate and saffron being an end product of … Continue reading →

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