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. 2021 Aug 30;6(36):23460–23474. doi: 10.1021/acsomega.1c03470

Table 4. Quantification Results for Percent in the Kashmir Saffron (C. sativus L.) Extract (CSE) from Batch Analysis by HPLC-PDAa.

  batch analysisb
analyte #CSE01 #CSE02 #CSE03 #CSE04 #CSE05 #CSE06 #CSE07 #CSE08 #CSE09 #CSE10
picrocrocin 9.310 ± 0.035 9.110 ± 0.060 9.951 ± 0.128 9.551 ± 0.062 9.151 ± 0.075 8.782 ± 0.085 8.361 ± 0.095 8.965 ± 0.085 9.231 ± 0.095 9.528 ± 0.086
trans-4-GG crocin 9.120 ± 0.022 8.750 ± 0.011 8.921 ± 0.026 9.045 ± 0.006 8.915 ± 0.005 9.538 ± 0.040 8.748 ± 0.035 9.218 ± 0.025 9.517 ± 0.045 9.256 ± 0.055
trans-3-Gg crocin 1.151 ± 0.005 1.560 ± 0.007 1.691 ± 0.008 1.674 ± 0.005 1.264 ± 0.003 1.158 ± 0.013 0.945 ± 0.010 1.645 ± 0.015 1.315 ± 0.020 1.478 ± 0.030
cis-4-GG crocin 0.243 ± 0.001 0.119 ± 0.004 0.107 ± 0.045 0.156 ± 0.002 0.131 ± 0.001 0.170 ± 0.005 0.190 ± 0.015 0.165 ± 0.010 0.125 ± 0.009 0.156 ± 0.010
trans-2-gg crocin 0.495 ± 0.002 0.211 ± 0.002 0.222 ± 0.003 0.245 ± 0.002 0.353 ± 0.003 0.280 ± 0.012 0.270 ± 0.010 0.285 ± 0.013 0.210 ± 0.015 0.295 ± 0.009
trans-crocetin 0.048 ± 0.010 0.040 ± 0.001 0.046 ± 0.002 0.047 ± 0.005 0.060 ± 0.008 0.035 ± 0.015 0.040 ± 0.003 0.046 ± 0.002 0.048 ± 0.003 0.040 ± 0.002
safranal 0.041 ± 0.001 0.022 ± 0.001 0.017 ± 0.001 0.026 ± 0.007 0.020 ± 0.009 0.025 ± 0.003 0.020 ± 0.001 0.022 ± 0.002 0.024 ± 0.001 0.021 ± 0.001
a

Data represented in (mean ± SD).

b

Batch analysis (n = 10 × 3).