[Comparison on ingredients between cultured cell and cultivated Saffron pistils].
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.
Sun
Rui-qiang
RQ
Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 10084, China.
Guo
Zhi-gang
ZG
Liu
Rui-zhi
RZ
Sun
Su-qin
SQ
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
D002338:Carotenoids; C029036:crocin