Saffron (Crocus SativusLinn.) — Cultivation, processing, chemistry and standardization

Sampathu, S. R.; Shivashankar, S.; Lewis, Y. S.

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“…Between them, carotenoids are the most important molecules because they determinate color and taste of the spice. From this class of compounds, in C. sativus, we can essentially find lycopene, α-and β-carotene, zeaxanthin and crocetin that are liposoluble and the hydrosoluble crocins, derived by crocetin esterification with sugars [8][9][10] [11]. High temperatures and humidity levels induce crocin oxidation and degradation and consequently the decrease of spice attributes [12].…”

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Biochemical, Antioxidant and Antineoplastic Properties of Italian Saffron (Crocus sativus L.)

Gismondi¹,

Serio²,

Canuti³

et al. 2012

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Saffron, the most expensive spice in the world, is got by Crocus sativus L. stigmas. The production of this substance has attracted human interest, since ancient cultures, for its medicinal and culinary properties. Because of saffron high economic value, sometimes, since Middle Ages, it is adulterated with other vegetal materials, dyes or synthetic molecules. Object of this work was the study of one of the best world saffron: Civitaretenga (AQ, Central Italy) C. sativus. Taste, color and aroma of Civitaretenga spice were determined, according to international standards (ISO/Technical Specification 3632), to define its high quality. A biochemical approach was then applied to obtain a secondary metabolite profile of this product. So, crocins, total phenolic content, flavonoids and phenolic acids were detected by HPLC-DAD and spectrophotometric analysis. Moreover, in vitro antioxidant properties and in vivo antineoplastic effects, on highly metastatic murine B16-F10 melanoma cell line, were successfully revealed in Civitaretenga C. sativus extract. All these data confirmed the elevated quality of Civitaretenga saffron and its highly reducing and chemopreventive activity.

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Biochemical, Antioxidant and Antineoplastic Properties of Italian Saffron (Crocus sativus L.)

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Canuti³

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“…Fernandez [4] suggests that clay is a good soil for saffron, while Sampathu et al [21] reported that saffron requires a well-ploughed sandy-loamy soil or a well-drained clay soil.Tammaro [17] suggests that the humus-clay soil of guarantees good water storage for saffron. Saffron grows well in salty soil, while a limiting factor could be calcium carbonate deficiency.…”

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“…Perennial crop techniques have highly variable durations from place to place: from 3-4 years in Spain, 6-8 years in India and Greece and up to 12 in Morocco [18]. With the ageing of the saffron field, generally after 4-5 years, spice production declines because of increasing competition for water and nutrients, fungal infection due to overcrowding (Sampathu et al [21] and the reduced size and reproduction capability of corms. In a ten-year experiment, Grilli Caiola [24] observed that corms left in the soil without management techniques continue producing daughter corms for up to 3-5 years and afterwards they degenerate and are no longer able to reproduce vegetatively.…”

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Saﬀron Crop (Golden Crop) in Modern Sustainable Agricultural Systems

Dar¹

2017

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Saffron (Crocus sativus L.) is an autumnal flowering plant valued for dried stigmas are well known for their aromatic and colouring power. It possesses a number of medicinally important activities and helpful in controlling various diseases. Saffron has a reverse biological cycle compared with the majority of cultivated plants: flowering first in October-November, then vegetative development until May, which means that the vegetative development is not directly important for the production of stigmas, but for the production of new corms. Due to its unique biological, physiological and agronomic traits, saffron is able to exploit marginal land and to be included in low-input cropping systems, representing an important and alternative viable crop for sustainable agriculture. The main biological, genetic, ecological and quality traits associated with agronomic management techniques of saffron in relation to environmental conditions have been described in this paper. The essential features on which the quality of saffron depends are colour, taste and aroma of the stigma. The quality of saffron, mainly from a chemical point of view, will be discussed.

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“…Although saffron plants have hermaphrodite flowers, there are some explanations about abnormalities at steps related with sexual propagation (Sampathu et al, 1984, Negbi et al, 1989, Renau-Morata et al, 2013) so cultivation of the plants is only possible via corm under field condition. Saffron stigmata is mainly used as medicinal and aromatic purposes.…”

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The Effect of Exogenously Applied Plant Growth Regulators on Plant Development of Saffron (Crocus sativus L.)

Çavuşoğlu¹

2017

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Plant growth regulators have important roles in plant growth and development. The externally applicable chemicals belong to different action classes and each one has a crucial and effective role at different plant growing stages. Saffron (Crocus sativus L.) is one of the most important and valuable medicinal and aromatic plant, belongs to Iridaceae family. Because of impossibility of generative propagation in nature, growing can be maintened asexually with daughter corms occured each year. In this experiment, the effects of exogenously applied paclobutrazol, indole-3-butyric acid, zeatin and picloram on saffron developmental stages were studied. Data were focused on aerial part and corm related characters which is important in developmental findings in this plant. In the treatments, paclobutrazol (10 or 20 mg L -1 ), indole-3-butyric acid (1 or 3 mg L -1 ), zeatin (1 or 3 mg L -1 ) and picloram (5 or 10 mg L -1 ) were applied alone besides control to saffron 45 days after planting to the soil under greenhouse condition. According to the data picloram concentrations have a retardant role in nodium activation, leaf number and corm developmental characters (number, weight, diameter and yield of daughter corm) but cause the highest plant height (60.98 cm in 10 mg L -1 and 57.37 cm in 5 mg L -1 ). In 10 mg L -1 paclobutrazol treatments resulted as the best corm production (469 kg da -1 ) than the other treatments and control. Zeatin at 3 mg L -1 concentration was found effective on the best nodium activation (2.81 active nodes/corm). In conclusion, saffron development is affected significantly by externally applied plant growth regulators under soil condition and the application methods can be progressed in studies on aimed parts of the plant. Keywords:Crocus sativus, indole-3-butyric acid, paclobutrazol, picloram, zeatin ÖZET: Dışsal uygulanabilen kimyasallar olan ve farklı etki sınıfları içinde bulunan bitki gelişim düzenleyicilerinin her biri bitki büyüme ve gelişiminin farklı aşamaları üzerinde hayati ve önemli işlevlere sahiptir. Tıbbi ve aromatik bitkiler içinde en önemli ve değerli bitkilerden biri olan safran (Crocus sativus L.) Iridaceae familyasına ait olup, doğal olarak generatif yolla üretilmesi mümkün olmadığından bitki gelişimi aseksüel olarak her yıl meydana gelen yavru kormlardan sağlanmaktadır. Bu araştırmada dışsal olarak uygulanan paclobutrazol, indole-3-butyric acid, zeatin and picloram maddelerinin safran gelişimi üzerine etkileri çalışılmıştır. Bitki gelişimi için önemli parametreler olan korm ve toprak üstü aksamı ile ilişkili karakterlerle ilgili veriler toplanmıştır. Çalışmada kontrol parsellerinin yanında paclobutrazol, indole-3-butyric acid, zeatin ve picloram bitki dikiminden 45 gün sonra cam serada toprağa uygulanmıştır. Elde edilen verilere göre picloram konsantrasyonları nodyum aktivasyonu, yaprak sayısı ve korm gelişim özellikleri (korm sayısı, ağırlığı, çapı ve yavru korm verimi) için geciktirici bir rol oynarken, en yüksek bitki boyu (10 mg L -1 de 60.98 cm ve 5 mg L -1 de ...

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Saffron (Crocus SativusLinn.) — Cultivation, processing, chemistry and standardization

Cited by 152 publications

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Biochemical, Antioxidant and Antineoplastic Properties of Italian Saffron (<i>Crocus sativus L</i>.)

Biochemical, Antioxidant and Antineoplastic Properties of Italian Saffron (<i>Crocus sativus L</i>.)

Saﬀron Crop (Golden Crop) in Modern Sustainable Agricultural Systems

The Effect of Exogenously Applied Plant Growth Regulators on Plant Development of Saffron (Crocus sativus L.)

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Saffron (Crocus SativusLinn.) — Cultivation, processing, chemistry and standardization

Cited by 152 publications

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Biochemical, Antioxidant and Antineoplastic Properties of Italian Saffron (&lt;i&gt;Crocus sativus L&lt;/i&gt;.)

Biochemical, Antioxidant and Antineoplastic Properties of Italian Saffron (&lt;i&gt;Crocus sativus L&lt;/i&gt;.)

Saﬀron Crop (Golden Crop) in Modern Sustainable Agricultural Systems

The Effect of Exogenously Applied Plant Growth Regulators on Plant Development of Saffron (Crocus sativus L.)

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Biochemical, Antioxidant and Antineoplastic Properties of Italian Saffron (<i>Crocus sativus L</i>.)

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