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. 2015 Jan 7;23(2):210–218. doi: 10.1016/j.jfda.2014.10.011

Table 3.

Anthocyanidins (%) in anthocyanins (Acys) of saffron tepals extracted by acidified ethanol (AE) and enzymatic water (EW) methodsa (n = 2).

Extracting solvents Pelargonidin 3-glycosides Pelargonidin 3,5-glycosides Petunidin (Pu) 3,5 Cyanidin-diglycosides Delphinidin (Del) 3-glycosides Ratio of (Pu)/(Del)
AE 3.4 ± 0.3a 56.1 ± 2.9a 15.5 ± 0.8a 20.9 ± 1.1a 4.1 ± 0.6a 3.78
EW 3.6 ± 0.2a 43.5 ± 1.6b 14.4 ± 0.9a 34.8 ± 2.2b 3.7 ± 1.7b 3.89
a

The numbers in this table are the average of two replicates and values with different superscripts in each column are significantly (α = 0.05) different.