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- - Saffron, an expensive spice and therapeutic agent, was analyzed for quality using High Performance Liquid Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry (HPLC/MS) to identify its apocarotenoids.
- - The study established conditions for HPLC/MS and identified chemical fingerprints of saffron, confirming 14 chromatographic peaks and 13 key apocarotenoids with high reproducibility.
- - A TOPSIS method was applied to rank the quality of 40 saffron samples from various countries and regions, highlighting differences in their quality.
Article Abstract
Saffron is a kind of expensive spice and therapeutic agent. In order to establish a set of methods to evaluate the quality of saffron, High Performance Liquid Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry (HPLC/MS) were used to identify the apocarotenoids extracted from saffron stigmas. TOPSIS method was applied to evaluate the qualities of saffron. The conditions of HPLC/MS and chemical fingerprints of saffron had been established. The 14 chromatographic peaks and 13 main apocarotenoids of saffron with high reproducibility, stability and specificity were confirmed. The qualities of 40 kinds of saffron from different countries and regions were ranked.
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