Solid-phase extraction for picrocrocin determination in the quality control of saffron spice (Crocus sativus L.)

Food Chemistry

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 792-798

  Sánchez, Ana María ^a   Carmona, Manuel ^a   Campo, Carmen Priscila del ^a   Alonso, Gonzalo Luis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Crocetin esters; Picrocrocin; RP HPLC; Saffron spice; Solid phase extraction (SPE); UV vis spectrophotometry

Indexed keywords

CROCETIN; PICROCROCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CROCUS SATIVUS; FLOWER; FOOD QUALITY; GREECE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; IRAN; ITALY; LIMIT OF DETECTION; PARAMETER; PISTIL STIGMA; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SAFFRON; SAMPLE SIZE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; SPAIN; SPICE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; VALIDITY;

CROCUS SATIVUS;

EID: 67349234058     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2009.03.039     Document Type: Article

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