Quality control of saffron (Crocus sativus L.): Development of SCAR markers for the detection of plant adulterants used as bulking agents

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 60, Issue 44, 2012, Pages 10998-11004

  Marieschi, Matteo ^a   Torelli, Anna ^a   Bruni, Renato ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

adulteration; bulking agents; molecular markers; quality control; saffron

Indexed keywords

ADULTERATION; AMPLICONS; BIXA ORELLANA; BULKING AGENTS; COMMERCIAL MATERIALS; CROCUS SATIVUS; CURCUMA LONGA; DEGRADED DNA; HEMEROCALLIS; MOLECULAR MARKER; MONTANA; NUMBER OF SAMPLES; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNAS; SAFFRON; SCAR MARKERS; SCREENING METHODS;

BIOMARKERS; QUALITY CONTROL;

FOOD ADDITIVES;

PRIMER DNA;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CROCUS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; VALIDATION STUDY;

BASE SEQUENCE; CROCUS; DNA PRIMERS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GENETIC MARKERS; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE;

ARNICA MONTANA; BIXA ORELLANA; CALENDULA OFFICINALIS; CARTHAMUS TINCTORIUS; CROCUS; CROCUS SATIVUS; CROCUS VERNUS; CURCUMA LONGA; HEMEROCALLIS;

EID: 84868584519     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: 15205118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf303106r     Document Type: Article

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