Bio-guided bioactive profiling and HPLC-DAD fingerprinting of Ukrainian saffron (Crocus sativus stigmas): moving from correlation toward causation

• Main Authors: Olha Mykhailenko (Author), Vilma Petrikaitė (Author), Michal Korinek (Author), Mohamed El-Shazly (Author), Bing-Hung Chen (Author), Chia-Hung Yen (Author), Chung-Fan Hsieh (Author), Ivan Bezruk (Author), Asta Dabrišiūtė (Author), Liudas Ivanauskas (Author), Victoriya Georgiyants (Author), Tsong-Long Hwang (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Saffron or stigmas of Crocus sativus L. is one of the most valuable food products with interesting health-promoting properties. C. sativus has been widely used as a coloring and flavoring agent. Stigmas secondary metabolites showed potent cytotoxic effects in previous reports. Me...