Mental wellbeing / saffron
saffron
Evidence for mental wellbeing, scored from the published research.
mood
promising71/100 Evidence ScoreConfidence: high3 studies3 RCTs
Multiple human studies report a positive effect.
- 3 human studies (364 participants total)
- Studies point in broadly the same direction
References (3)
- The Effects of Combined Scutellaria and Saffron Supplementation on Mood Regulation in Participants with Mild-to-Moderate Depressive Symptoms: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study.randomized controlled trial (RCT) · Nutrients · 2025
- Effects of Saffron Extract Supplementation on Mood, Well-Being, and Response to a Psychosocial Stressor in Healthy Adults: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Parallel Group, Clinical Trial.randomized controlled trial (RCT) · Frontiers in nutrition · 2020
- affron® a novel saffron extract (Crocus sativus L.) improves mood in healthy adults over 4 weeks in a double-blind, parallel, randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial.randomized controlled trial (RCT) · Complementary therapies in medicine · 2017
Evidence Scores are computed mechanically from the published research (PubMed / Semantic Scholar / OpenAlex): study design, participant numbers, and consistency across studies. An LLM is used only to extract study data, never to decide a score.
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