Table 2. Levels of highly glucosylated crocins in stigmas and tepals of different Crocus species at anthesis.

Crocus species	Tissues	Fresh weight anthesis (mg)	mAU (446 nm)/mg fresh weight ×10−3
			Peak 1	Peak 2	Peak 3	Total absorbance at 446 nm
C. ancyrensis	stigma	4.8±0.8	23±1.2	9.6±0.8	11.19±0.8	100±7.6
	tepal	18.3±1.4	24.48±1.6	3.57±1.4	3.02±0.7	142.22±8.1
C. angustifolius	stigma	9.4±2.1	n.d.	n.d.	115.9±3.6	316±4.8
	tepal	20.6±2	1.61±0.2	0.33±0.1	13.7±0.5	88.96±0.8
C. chrysanthus	stigma	7.8±0.23	n.d.	0.55±0.06	0.7±0.1	94.2±1.1
	tepal	23.03±1.8	0.35±0.03	0.15±0.005	1.4±0.2	122.05±2.2
C. korolkowii	stigma	4.9±0.9	41.2±1.6	13.9±0.8	20.3±1.2	104.5±3.1
	tepal	19.2±1.5	0.88±0.04	1.35±0.08	5.24±1.2	129.1±6.3
C. olivieri	stigma	4.9±0.9	55.1±4.5	7.54±1.6	7.1±2.0	92.06±4.8
	tepal	13.6±0.96	25.15±4.4	5.9±0.8	3.8±0.12	176.4±9.3
C. sativus	stigma	30±2.6	n.d.	n.d.	n.d.	n.d.
	tepal	39.3±1.9	n.d.	n.d.	n.d.	n.d.
C. sieberi	stigma	8.2±0.28	n.d.	n.d.	28.6±1.8	120.9±6.3
	tepal	31.8±2.8	n.d.	n.d.	2.47±0.15	1.35±0.2
		yellow section: 9.33±0.95	0.46±0.08	0.61±0.044	2.73±0.06	5.2±2.2
C. vitellinus	stigma	4.8±0.8	30.25±4.6	5.72±2.3	11.52±2.7	91.8±5.3
	tepal	18.6±1.3	8.43±1.5	2.5±0.06	1.42±0.08	53.8±3.4