Saffron.. tsiron zinariya

Fir’auna sun san “kayan kamshi na zinare” musamman ma saffron, don haka a cikin littafinsu na papyri sun rubuta fa’idar amfani da shi wajen kawar da kumburin hanji da kuma hana ciwon ciki. A yau, bayan shekaru dubu shida na wadannan girke-girke, daya daga cikin zuriyar Fir'auna ya kusa gano mafi mahimmancin amfani da wannan shuka: hana ci gaban kwayoyin cutar daji a cikin hanta da hanji, da haifar da rushewa da rushewa.

Dokta Amr Amin, Farfesa a Kimiyyar Halittu da Kwayoyin Halitta a Sashen Kimiyyar Rayuwa a Jami'ar UAE, kuma shugaban tawagar kwararrun bincike da suka yi nazari kan tasirin saffron, ya ce ya lura a lokacin gwaje-gwajen dakin gwaje-gwaje a kan rukuni biyu na berayen da aka jawo. don kamuwa da ciwon daji, cewa ƙungiyar da suka ci ruwan saffron ba su yi ba Yana tasowa duk wani mummunan ciwace-ciwacen ƙwayoyi a cikin hanta ko hanji, sabanin rukuni na biyu. Amin ya bayyana cewa: "Saffron ruwan 'ya'yan itace yana da tasiri mai ban mamaki a kan kwayoyin cutar daji, yana hana rarrabuwar su, kuma ta haka yaduwa, kuma ya tura su ga makomarsu."

Amin da tawagarsa sun shafe shekaru suna nazari kan wanne daga cikin kwayoyin halittu 150 da ke cikin saffron ke da illa ga kwayoyin cutar daji. A ƙarshe ya same shi a cikin mahadi "Crocin", wanda shine kwayar halitta mai aiki da ke da alhakin ba saffron launi na musamman. "Mun gano cewa crocin yana taimakawa wajen hana enzymes masu ciwon hanta guda biyu waɗanda ke da hannu wajen haɓakar ƙwayoyin cuta a cikin mutane," in ji shi.

Amin yana fatan gwajin asibiti zai haifar da gano mafi kyawun hanyoyin warkewa ga ɗan adam ta hanyar shigar da crocin a cikin tsarin magunguna. Ya tabbata cewa wannan "kwayoyin zinari" yana da babbar dama don samar da lafiyayyen jiyya a nan gaba, musamman ma game da rage matsalolin damuwa da ke faruwa a cikin masu ciwon daji. Har sai lokacin, Amin ya ba da shawarar a saka saffron a cikin menu namu, kamar yadda ya ce: “Oza na rigakafi ya fi fam guda na magani.”

Farashin kilogiram ɗaya na saffron ya kai kusan dalar Amurka 2700; Yana ɗaukar furanni kusan 130 don tattara wannan adadin ƙima mai daraja.