Crocins with High Levels of Sugar Conjugation Contribute to the Yellow Colours of Early-Spring Flowering Crocus Tepals

Crocus sativus is the source of saffron spice, the processed stigma which accumulates glucosylated apocarotenoids known as crocins. Crocins are found in the stigmas of other Crocuses, determining the colourations observed from pale yellow to dark red. By contrast, tepals in Crocus species display a...

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Main Authors: Rubio Moraga, Angela, Ahrazem, Oussama, Rambla, José Luis, Granell, Antonio, Gómez Gómez, Lourdes
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Public Library of Science 2013
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3772802/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24058441
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0071946
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