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Im Altertum wurde die tödliche Dosis des Safrans auf zwölf Gramm geschätzt. Heute besteht kaum die Gefahr einer Vergiftung, weil reiner Safran in einer größeren Menge immer noch fast unbezahlbar ist. Jene "Sonderangebote”, die deutsche Urlauber tütenweise aus dem Ausland mitbringen, sind stets Fälschungen.

Ein einigermaßen sicherer chemischer Nachweis ist das Zugeben von Natron zu einer Lösung von etwas "Safranpulver": Handelt es sich um reinen Safran, so bleibt die Lösung gelb, enthält sie Anteile Kurkuma, so wird sie trübe und verfärbt sich rot. Dieser Test war schon vor Jahrhunderten bei den Gewürzhändlern üblich. Er beruht auf den verschiedenen chemischen Eigenschaften der in Safran und Kurkuma enthaltenen Farbstoffe.

Eine Fälschung lässt sich leicht in warmen Wasser nachweisen. Wenn es sich um Safran handelt, dann müssen die Narben nach dem Aufquellen eine Tütenform haben

The best evidence for medicinal effects of saffron involve treatment of depression. According to five preliminary double-blind studies, use of saffron at 30 mg daily is more effective than placebo and equally effective as standard treatment for major depression.1-3,14, 15 However, all these studies were small and preliminary, and were performed by a single research group in Iran. Larger studies and independent confirmation will be necessary to determine whether this expensive herb is truly effective for depression.s

Übliche Dosis: 0,1-1 g des Pulvers (Hager);

But, avoiding this valuable spice might be unnecessary because of the small quantity needed: in medicinal use, 1-3 grams in decoction, 0.5-1.5 grams ingested as powder, or 30 mg of its dried extract per day is considered adequate in standard applications

In further preliminary work, saffron was compared to the drug fluoxetine (often known by the brand product Prozac); it was found that saffron performed as well as the drug in treatment of both depression and epilepsy

Saffron appears to have a very low order of toxicity.4 It is often said that very high doses of saffron can cause abortion and possible toxic symptoms, but there is no scientific documentation of these supposed effects. However, the so-called meadow saffron, Colchicum autumnale, is highly toxic, and sometimes people mistake one for the other.

A potential deterrent to medicinal use of saffron comes about because erroneous information related to saffron toxicity has appeared, especially in internet presentations, but also in books. The reports mention serious adverse effects from as little as 5 grams (about 3 times the medicinal dose), and fatal doses of just 20 grams have also been mentioned. By contrast, all recent research reports indicate that saffron is non-toxic. Why the discrepancy?

The most likely reason for this impression was writers initially confusing toxic meadow saffron with non-toxic saffron; from there the reports were simply repeated. Meadow saffron, also called wild saffron or Autumn crocus (Colchicum autumnale) contains the toxic compound colchicine (used primarily in the treatment of gout). It appears that the literature references to saffron acting as a toxin causing severe spontaneous bleeding or even death with just a few grams are primarily the result of ingestion of meadow saffron (or other materials) but not true saffron.

Ihr habt aber schon gesehen das der Thread gute 3 Jahre alt ist?