Table 1.
Quantitative analysis of saffron in crude drug mixtures-original data of Fig. 3a.
| saffron (mg) | model adulterant (mg) | Day1 (mg) | Day2 (mg) | Day3 (mg) | Mean | RSD | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | (mg) | (%) | ||
| 1 | 9 | 1.45 | 1.18 | 1.24 | 1.33 | 1.30 | 1.19 | 1.11 | 1.07 | 0.93 | 1.20 | 12.77 |
| 3 | 7 | 2.97 | 3.34 | 3.52 | 3.65 | 3.57 | 3.83 | 3.38 | 3.70 | 4.07 | 3.56 | 8.85 |
| 5 | 5 | 4.78 | 4.96 | 5.13 | 4.81 | 5.25 | 5.34 | 4.92 | 5.81 | 6.10 | 5.23 | 8.72 |
| 7 | 3 | 7.47 | 7.86 | 7.05 | 7.26 | 7.89 | 7.05 | 7.46 | 6.10 | 6.97 | 7.23 | 7.50 |
| 9 | 1 | 9.28 | 9.31 | 8.59 | 9.00 | 9.62 | 9.91 | 9.36 | 11.11 | 9.35 | 9.50 | 7.44 |
Note: Model adulterants were mixed by equal amount of C. tinctorius, Z. may and N. nucifera powder.