ReferenceID 4270

Effects of saffron supplementation on oxidative/antioxidant status and severity of disease in ulcerative colitis patients: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study

Phytother Res

Supplementation with saffron helps improve antioxidant status. Oxidative stress plays an important role in ulcerative colitis (UC). The present study aimed to investigate the effect of saffron supplementation on disease

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Reference Id
4270
Evidence Id
20860
Core Evidence Id
20860
Source Reference Id
1816
Herb2 Reference Id
HBREF002613
Subject Paper Key
HERB005826_33015869
Pubmed Id
33015869
Doi
10.1002/ptr.6848
Paper Title
Effects of saffron supplementation on oxidative/antioxidant status and severity of disease in ulcerative colitis patients: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study
Paper Abstract
Supplementation with saffron helps improve antioxidant status. Oxidative stress plays an important role in ulcerative colitis (UC). The present study aimed to investigate the effect of saffron supplementation on disease severity and Oxidative/Antioxidant factors in patients with UC. This randomized double-blinded study was conducted on 80 mild to moderate UC patients. Participants were randomly divided into intervention (100 mg saffron/daily) and placebo (100 mg maltodextrin/daily) groups. Of all the participants, 75 completed the study. After 8 weeks, there were significantly increased in the mean score of simple clinical colitis activity index questionnaire (3.83 +- 1.78 to 3 +- 1.60, p = .004), the serum levels of total antioxidant capacity (2.68 +- 0.90 to 2.79 +- 0.87, p = .016), superoxide dismutase (60.69 +- 9.59 to 66.30 +- 10.79, p = .009) and glutathione peroxidase (22.05 +- 14.27 to 29.67 +- 17.97, p = .011) in patients received saffron compared to the placebo group. Whereas, there was no significant difference in serum levels of malondialdehyde between the two groups. Finally, dietary saffron as an alternative therapy may effective in improving antioxidant factors and reducing the severity of disease in UC patients.
Journal
Phytother Res
Publish Year
2021
Experiment Subject
patient; participant
Experiment Type
Clinical Experiment
Phenotype Related
Ulcerative Colitis; Colitis
Paper Title Cn
Paper Title En
Effects of saffron supplementation on oxidative/antioxidant status and severity of disease in ulcerative colitis patients: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study
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