title: [Comparison on ingredients between cultured cell and cultivated Saffron pistils].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To compare the differences of active ingredients between tissue cultured cells and cultivated saffron pistils.
  
  
  METHODS
  The experiment was carried out by the Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) spectra and high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC).
  
  
  RESULTS
  The data indicated that the species and contents active ingredients in saffron pistils from different places were different. The species of active ingredients in tissue cultured cells are less than those in cultivated saffron pistils. However, the quantity of crocin A, which showed good anticancer effect, is 2-3 times more than that in cultivated saffron pistils.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The active ingredients of the tissue cultured cells are similar to those of saffron pistils, but their contents are different. Therefore, the tissue cultured cells can only be the part-substitutes of cultivated saffron pistils.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 10084, China.
authors.forename: Rui-qiang
authors.initials: RQ
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Zhi-gang
authors.initials: ZG
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.forename: Rui-zhi
authors.initials: RZ
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Su-qin
authors.initials: SQ
authors.lastname: Sun
mesh_terms: D002338:Carotenoids / Q000032:analysis*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D027622:Crocus / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000166:cytology; D017753:Ecosystem; D035264:Flowers / Q000737:chemistry / Q000166:cytology; D007194:India; D010946:Plants, Medicinal / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000166:cytology; D013030:Spain; D013045:Species Specificity; D017550:Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared
chemical_list: D002338:Carotenoids; C029036:crocin