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Full-length transcriptome sequencing provides insights into the evolution of apocarotenoid biosynthesis in Crocus sativus

Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal, 2020
Crocus sativus, containing remarkably amounts of crocin, picrocrocin and safranal, is the source of saffron with tremendous medicinal, economic and cultural importance.
Junyang Yue, Ran Wang, Xiaojing Ma, Jiayi Liu, Xiaohui Lu, Sambhaji Balaso Thakar, Ning An, Jia Liu, Enhua Xia, Yongsheng Liu   +9 more
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First Insights Into the LC‐HRMS Profiling and Biological Activities of Crocus graveolens

Food Science &Nutrition, Volume 13, Issue 8, August 2025.
This study reports the first comprehensive analysis of Crocus graveolens Boiss. & Reut. using LC‐HRMS, identifying 33 secondary metabolites, with rutin as the major compound (162.808 ± 4.5 μg/g extract). The extract showed moderate antioxidant activity and effectively inhibited acetylcholinesterase (30.88% ± 1.51%) and butyrylcholinesterase (61.22% ± 0.
Ezgi Ersoy, Mehmet Boğa, Alevcan Kaplan, Emel Mataracı Kara, Serpil Demirci Kayıran, Esra Eroğlu Özkan   +5 more
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Comparison quality parameters of saffron (Crocus sativus L.) produced in Herat, Afghanistan and Torbat Heydarieh, Iran

Advances in Horticultural Science
Saffron Crocus sativus L. (Iridaceae) is one of the most valuable and expensive medicinal plants in the world. In order to compare the quality characteristics of saffron in Afghanistan and Iran, samples of dried C.
Ramin Nazarian, Mehdi Nasiri Mahalati, Hossein Sahabi, Hassan Feizi   +3 more
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Parabens as Agents for Improving Crocetin Esters’ Shelf-Life in Aqueous Saffron Extracts

Molecules, 2009
The effect of parabens on the shelf-life of crocetin esters and picrocrocin in aqueous saffron solutions was studied. Degradation of saffron crocetin esters fits a first-order kinetics model, and the results indicated that the crocetin (β-D-glucosyl)-(β ...
Magdalena Martínez Tomé, Gonzalo Luis Alonso, María Antonia Murcia, Amaya Zalacain, Manuel Carmona, Luana Maggi   +5 more
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Effect of Centrifugal Ultrafiltration on the Composition of Aqueous Extracts of Saffron Spice (Crocus sativus L.)

, 2016
The purpose of this research was to study the effect of centrifugal ultrafiltration (UF) on the composition of aqueous extracts of saffron spice. The contents of seven crocetin esters, picrocrocin, and two kaempferol glycosides were analyzed by UV−vis ...
Manuel Carmona (391387), Marin Prodanov (2422930), Gonzalo L. Alonso (2238721), Ana M. Sánchez (2238718)   +3 more
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LC–MS-Based Profiling Provides New Insights into Apocarotenoid Biosynthesis and Modifications in Citrus Fruits

, 2021
Apocarotenoids contribute to fruit color and aroma, which are critical quality and marketability attributes. Previously, we reported that the red peels of citrus fruits, which are characterized by higher expression levels of a carotenoid cleavage ...
Zheng, Xiongjie, Mi, Jianing, Deng, Xiuxin, Al-Babili, Salim   +3 more
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Study on the detection and stability of 8 effective components in compound health wine [PDF]

Zhongguo niangzao
A method for the determination of 8 effective components (5-hydroxymethylfurfural, adenosine, cordycepin, N6-(2-hydroxyethyl) adenosine, picrocrocin, rutin, crocin I and crocin II in compound health wine was established by HPLC, and the stability of 8 ...
HU Yang, LUO Xin, LIU Yang, XIE Qianqian, HUANG Zhi'an, SHEN Rui
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Synergic effect of water-soluble components on the coloring strength of saffron spice

, 2010
The purpose of this paper was to study the synergic effect of water-soluble components of saffron, such as picrocrocin and kaempferol-3-O-glycoside, on its coloring strength (E1% 1 cm440 nm).
Maggi, Luana
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Methods for the analysis of the saffron metabolites crocin, crocetins, picrocrocin and safranal for the determination of the quality of the spice using thin-layer chromatography, high-performance liquid chromatography and gas chromatography

, 1992
Saffron spice is the dry stigmata of Crocus sativus L. Methods have been developed for the determination of the quality of the spice using thin-layer chromatography (TLC), high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) and gas chromatography (GC).
Venkataraman, L. V., Ravishankar, G. A., Sujata, V.   +2 more
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Comparison of different tandem mass spectrometric techniques (ESI-IT, ESI- and IP-MALDI-QRTOF and vMALDI-TOF/RTOF) for the analysis of crocins and picrocrocin from the stigmas of Crocus sativus L.

, 2012
RATIONALE The expensive spice saffron originating from the stigmas of Crocus sativus L. and also applied in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) constitutes a complex mixture of glycoconjugates varying not only in the aglycon structure, but also in ...
Allmaier, G., Halabalaki, M., Pittenauer, E., Tsarbopoulos, A., Koulakiotis, N.S.   +4 more
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