Crocin
Crocin, a natural product isolated and purified from the stigma of Crocus sativus L., can relax smooth muscles with a great potential to be a candidate for the treatment of asthma, protect liver and skeletal muscle tissue against exercise-induced oxidative damage by preventing reactive oxygen species (ROS) production, improve toxic effects of DZN via reducing lipid peroxidation and restoring altered contractile and relaxant responses in rat aorta, protect rat gastric mucosa against ethanol-induced injury via anti-inflammatory, anti-oxidative, anti-apoptotic and mucin-secretagogue mechanisms that are probably mediated by enhanced PGE2 release, significantly inhibit the growth of HO-8910 cells and arrest them in the G0/G1 phase, and also promote ovarian cancer HO-8910 cell apoptosis, most likely by increasing p53 and Fas/APO-1 expression, and then activating the apoptotic pathway regulated by Caspase-3.
| Trivial name | Alpha-Crocin; Gardenia Yellow |
| Catalog Number | CSN16599 |
| Alternative Name(s) | Alpha-Crocin; Gardenia Yellow |
| Research Area | Immunology/Inflammation |
| Molecular Formula | C44H64O24 |
| CAS# | 42553-65-1 |
| Purity | ≥98% |
| SMILES | O=C(O[C@H]1[C@H](O)[C@@H](O)[C@H](O)[C@@H](CO[C@H]2[C@H](O)[C@@H](O)[C@H](O)[C@@H](CO)O2)O1)/C(C)=C/C=C/C(C)=C/C=C/C=C(C)/C=C/C=C(C)/C(O[C@H]3[C@H](O)[C@@H](O)[C@H](O)[C@@H](CO[C@H]4[C@H](O)[C@@H](O)[C@H](O)[C@@H](CO)O4)O3)=O |
| Size | 1g |
| Supplier Page | https://www.csnpharm.com/products/crocin.html |