Open AccessSimultaneous quantification of crocetin esters and picrocrocin changes in Chinese saffron by high-performance liquid chromatography-diode array detector during 15 years of storage
Author(s) -
Yingpeng Tong,
Yongqiu Yan,
Xingyi Zhu,
Ruoxi Liu,
Feng Gong,
Ling Zhang,
Ping Wang
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
pharmacognosy magazine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0976-4062
pISSN - 0973-1296
DOI - 10.4103/0973-1296.160467
Subject(s) - crocetin , crocus sativus , high performance liquid chromatography , chemistry , chromatography detector , chromatography , iridaceae , botany , biology
Saffron, which is made up of the dried stigmas of Crocus sativus L., has been successfully cultivated in China since 1970s and Zhejiang province is now the largest producing area in China, but the contents of crocetin esters and picrocrocin in saffron from Zhejiang province has not been determined simultaneously by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) and changes of these constituents in Chinese saffron during storage for years has not been studied.