Rapid determination of crocetin esters and picrocrocin from saffron spice (Crocus sativus L.) using UV-visible spectrophotometry for quality control

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 56, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 3167-3175

  Sánchez, Ana M ^a   Carmona, Manuel ^a   Zalacain, Amaya ^a   Carot, José M ^b   Jabaloyes, José M ^b   Alonso, Gonzalo L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Crocetin esters; Partial least squares regression (PLSR); Picrocrocin; Saffron; UV vis spectrophotometry

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID; CROCETIN; CYCLOHEXENE DERIVATIVE; ESTER; GLUCOSIDE; PICROCROCIN; TERPENE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CROCUS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; QUALITY CONTROL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

CAROTENOIDS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CROCUS; CYCLOHEXENES; ESTERS; GLUCOSIDES; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; QUALITY CONTROL; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET; TERPENES;

CROCUS; CROCUS SATIVUS;

EID: 44349170194     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf703725e     Document Type: Article

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