HPTLC ATLAS

 

Botanical Information Crocus sativus L. (under development)

Synonyms Crocus officinalis (L.) Honck.
Crocus orsinii Parl.
Crocus pendulus Stokes
Crocus sativus subsp. orsinii (Parl.) K.Richt.
Crocus sativus var. cashmerianus Royle
Crocus sativus var. officinalis L.
Crocus sativus var. orsinii (Parl.) Maw
Crocus setifolius Stokes
Geanthus autumnalis Raf.
Safran officinarum Medik.
Common name (en) Saffron
Common name (ar) زعفران مزروع
Common name (de) Safran
Common name (es) Azafrán
Common name (fr) Safran
Common name (it) Zafferano vero
Common name (nl) Saffraankrokus
Common name (ru) Шафран посевной
Common name (th) สีเหลือง
Common name (vi) Nghệ tây
Common name (zh) 藏紅花

Sample preparation Carefully crush 0.1 g of the herbal drug with a glass rod and moisten with 0.2 mL of water. After 3 min add 5 mL of methanol, allow to stand for 20 min, protected from light, and filter through a plug of glass wool.
Mobile phase Water, 2-propanol, ethyl acetate 10:25:65 (v/v/v)
Derivatization Treat with anisaldehyde solution (0.5 mL of anisaldehyde, 10 mL of glacial acetic acid, 85 mL of methanol and 5 mL of sulfuric acid.) and examine in daylight while heating at 100-105 °C for 5-10 min

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