This exotic spice is a native of Southern Europe and now cultivated worldwide in many countries, particularly in Spain, Italy, France, Greece, Turkey, and Iran and in Jammu & Kashmir state of India. Saffron Absolute Oil is one of the most expensive spices. Its oil has a woody, spicy and hay like odour. The absolute has in it properties of anti-mutagenic, anticarcinogenic, immunomodulating & antioxidant that makes it used in a wide variety of products. The active components in saffron have many therapeutic applications in many traditional medicines as antiseptic, antidepressant, anti-oxidant, digestive, anti-convulsant. Saffron Absolute Oil contains many plant derived chemical compounds that are known to have anti-oxidant, disease preventing and health promoting properties.
This Absolut Oil spice has many non-volatile active components; the most important of them is α-crocin, a carotenoid compound, which gives the stigmas their characteristic golden yellow color. It also contains other carotenoids including zeaxanthin,
