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What does crocin mean?

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Noun
  1. (organic chemistry) A natural carotenoid that is found in the flowers crocus and gardenia.
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Cells treated with crocin exhibited wide cytoplasmic vacuole-like areas, reduced cytoplasm, cell shrinkage and pyknotic nuclei, suggesting apoptosis induction.
In order to study the cytotoxic effect of the characteristic compounds of saffron spice, we have isolated crocin, crocetin, picrocrocin and safranal.
Crocin, a diester of crocin with gentobiose, is the single most important saffron pigment.
Both crocin and crocetin play a crucial role in the sexual processes of algae.
Therefore, it could be concluded that HLJDD exerted hypolipidemic effect by the inhibitory effect of baicalin, crocin and crocetin on the pancreatic lipase.
Saffron is expensive because you can find its active ingredients, the antioxidant carotenoids crocin and crocetin, only in the three thread-like stigma inside each flower.

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