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Determination of saffron (Crocus sativus L.) components in crude plant extract using high-performance liquid
P A Tarantilis1, G Tsoupras, M Polissiou
1Department of General Sciences, Agricultural University of Athens, Greece.
Journal of Chromatography. A
|May 5, 1995
Abstract:
The determination of saffron components in crude plant extracts by high-performance liquid chromatography-UV-visible photodiode-array detection on-line with mass spectrometry is described. The method is shown to be suitable for the determination of picrocrocin, the glycosidic precursor of safranal, safranal and flavonoids; it is the technique of choice for the analysis of crocetin glycosides (crocins) carrying one up to five glucoses and differentiation of their trans and cis isomers.