Sniffing out adulteration in saffron: Detection methods and health risks

A Raina, S Kaul, MK Dhar - Food Control, 2024 - Elsevier
Saffron, the golden spice, is a medicinally and economically important crop that is used in a
variety of cuisines to add colour, taste and aroma. Being the costliest spice, saffron is …

Food allergen analysis: A review of current gaps and the potential to fill them by matrix‐assisted laser desorption/ionization

N Birse, DT Burns, MJ Walker… - … Reviews in Food …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Food allergy remains a public health, business, and regulatory challenge. Risk analysis
(RA) and risk management (RM) of food allergens are of great importance and analysis for …

Detection of saffron's main bioactive compounds and their relationship with commercial quality

R Avila-Sosa, GV Nevárez-Moorillón… - Foods, 2022 - mdpi.com
This review aims to evaluate the state of saffron's main bioactive compounds and their
relationship with its commercial quality. Saffron is the commercial name for the dried red …

Various techniques useful for determination of adulterants in valuable saffron: A review

L Kumari, P Jaiswal, SS Tripathy - Trends in Food Science & Technology, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Background Saffron (Crocus Sativus L.) is an ancient spice, having a long history of
therapeutic and medicinal uses, in different countries around the world. Saffron has high …

Analysis of carbohydrates and glycoconjugates by matrix‐assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry: An update for 2019–2020

DJ Harvey - Mass Spectrometry Reviews, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
This review is the tenth update of the original article published in 1999 on the application of
matrix‐assisted laser desorption/ionization (MALDI) mass spectrometry to the analysis of …

An insight on type I collagen from horse tendon for the manufacture of implantable devices

L Salvatore, N Gallo, D Aiello, P Lunetti, A Barca… - International journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Type I collagen is the most abundant protein of the human body. Due to its favourable
properties, collagen extracted from animal tissues is adopted to manufacture a wide range of …

The detection of saffron adulterants using a deep neural network approach based on RGB images taken under uncontrolled conditions

P Alighaleh, H Khosravi, A Rohani… - Expert Systems with …, 2022 - Elsevier
Saffron is the most expensive spice in the world which is traded internationally. Hence,
Saffron adulterants is always a challenging issue. It should be noted that traditional methods …

[HTML][HTML] An overview of analytical methods employed for quality assessment of Crocus sativus (saffron)

S Eghbali, F Farhadi, VR Askari - Food Chemistry: X, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper reviews qualitative and quantitative analytical methodologies used for the
appraisal of saffron quality, as the most expensive spice. Due to the chemical diversity of …

Detection of botanical adulterants in saffron powder

J Ryparova Kvirencova, K Navratilova, V Hrbek… - Analytical and …, 2023 - Springer
Saffron is a unique spice obtained by drying stigmas of saffron flowers (Crocus sativus L.).
Due to its high price, economically motivated adulteration occurs relatively often. The …

MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry applications for food fraud detection

C Zambonin - Applied Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
Chemical analysis of food products relating to the detection of the most common frauds is a
complex task due to the complexity of the matrices and the unknown nature of most …