Plant
Crocetin
Crocus sativus
Short-sighted children's eyes grew longer more slowly on crocetin: 0.18 millimeters over twenty-four weeks against 0.21 on placebo, with refraction drifting 0.33 dioptres against 0.41. Sixty-seven children, half a year, and differences that are real and narrow at once.
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In laboratory cells, saffron's coloring acid turned stem-like cells back toward mature nerve cells.
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