Table 1.

Quantitative content of different crocin types in 1 mg/ml saffron stigma extract obtained by HPLC method

Crocin type	RT (min)	AUC (%)	Concentration (%)
Crocin 1	26.93	60.39	17.42±1.02
Crocin 2	28.35	31.69	9.11±0.64
Crocin 3	34.05	5.38	2.54±0.30
Crocin 4	39.01	2.53	1.01±0.21

Abbreviations: Retention time (RT), Area under the curve (AUC). The values are reported as AUC (%), RT (min) and concentration (%w/w).