Quantification of Afghan Saffron’s Moisture and Main Compounds (Crocin, Picrocrocin and Safranal) for Quality Evaluation
Vol. 2 No. 1 (2022), Fundamental Sciences
Vol. 2 No. 1 (2022)

Quantification of Afghan Saffron’s Moisture and Main Compounds (Crocin, Picrocrocin and Safranal) for Quality Evaluation

Fundamental Sciences
https://doi.org/10.52460/src.2022.003
Published 2022-01-30
Raihana Halim
Kabul University
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2297-9489
Najia Sherzay
Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Kabul University
Nazifa Faqeryar
Avignon University, INRAE, UMR408, GREEN Extraction Team, 84000, Avignon, France
M. Homayoun Hashimi
Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Kabul University, Kabul, Afghanistan
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Afghans saffron
moisture
bioactive compounds
ISO 3232-2

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Halim, R., Sherzay, N., Faqeryar, N., & Hashimi, M. H. (2022). Quantification of Afghan Saffron’s Moisture and Main Compounds (Crocin, Picrocrocin and Safranal) for Quality Evaluation. Scientific Research Communications, 2(1). https://doi.org/10.52460/src.2022.003
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Abstract

Saffron, the stigma of the plant Crocus sativus L., has specific testing methods for physical, chemical and microscopic parameters. In this study, the saffron main components have been described, and quality parameters of saffron from many countries have been analyzed for determining the quality of saffron. Although saffron from Afghanistan is of high quality, it is still unknown to the world. This research is aimed to perform quality control of Afghan Saffron. Some characteristics of Afghan saffron were analyzed compared to ISO 3632-2 test methods. The results of moisture analysis (5.12 to 5.74%) and determination of crocin (230.52-255.15) of Afghan saffron were at the range of standard as described for category I of saffron in ISO 3632-2 test methods. However, the results of some samples for safranal and picrocrocin (38.52-40.21 for safranal and 68.86-72.63 for picrocrocin) were higher than the range of category I of ISO 3632-2.

https://doi.org/10.52460/src.2022.003
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