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SAFFRON AS ENVIRONMENTAL BIOMARKER OF DIFFUSE CONTAMINATION

Article number

850_45

Pages

265 – 270

Language

English

Abstract

For the first time saffron has been employed as environmental bioindicator to characterize the presence of a complex polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) mixture.
The objective of this study was to provide quantitative information regarding PAHs contamination in saffron in order to verify the possibility to use this spice as environmental biomarker and to determine the bioaccumulation of these compounds. 27 saffron samples coming from different countries were analyzed by stir bar sorptive extraction technique in combination with gas chromatography-ion trap tandem mass spectrometry.
The data show that the samples contained different levels of contaminants but some of them have higher concentrations than the maximum residue limits (MRLs) of pollutants established by the European Commission for spices. 9 out of 27 saffron samples contained benzo[a]pyrene in a range between 10.5 and 18.5 μg/kg values higher than the MRL.

Publication

III International Symposium on Saffron: Forthcoming Challenges in Cultivation, Research and Economics

Authors

L. Maggi, M. Carmona, A. Zalacain, G.L. Alonso, M. Martínez Tomé, M.A. Murcia, L. García Diz

Keywords

Crocus sativus L., environmental contaminants, gas chromatography, pesticides, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

Full text

https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.2010.850.45

Online Articles (54)

1. PRESERVING BIODIVERSITY IN SAFFRON: THE CROCUSBANK PROJECT AND THE WORLD SAFFRON AND CROCUS COLLECTION

M. De-Los-Mozos-Pascual | J.-A. Fernández | M. Roldán

2. PECULIAR EVOLUTION OF SAFFRON (CROCUS SATIVUS L.): PROSPERITY AND DECLINE

Y.M. Agayev | E. Zarifi

3. A PRELIMINARY CHARACTERIZATION OF SAFFRON GERMPLASM FROM THE CROCUSBANK COLLECTION

4. CROCUS SATIVUS L. – MOLECULAR EVIDENCE ON ITS CLONAL ORIGIN

S. Fluch | K. Hohl | M. Stierschneider | D. Kopecky | B. Kaar

5. A STUDY OF KARYOTYPES IN THE CROCUS SATIVUS L. AGGREGATE AND ORIGIN OF CULTIVATED SAFFRON

Y.M. Agayev | E. Zarifi | J.-A. Fernández

6. DIFFERENCES IN THE MOLECULAR MECHANISM CONTROLLING CROCUS FLOWERING SEASON BETWEEN SPRING AND AUTUMN SPECIES

A. Kalivas | A. Argiriou | K. Pasentsis | A.S. Tsaftaris | O. Ahrazem

7. BOTANY OF CROCUS ANCYRENSIS THROUGH DOMESTICATION

I. Sevinç Kravkaz | H. Vurdu

8. EFFECT OF RADIATION AND CHEMICAL MUTAGEN ON VARIABILITY IN SAFFRON (CROCUS SATIVUS L.)

9. STUDIES IN RELATION TO MOLECULAR VARIABILITY IN SAFFRON

S. Imran | F.A. Nehvi | S.A. Wani | G. Zaffar | M.A. Khan

10. GENETIC DIVERGENCE IN SAFFRON (CROCUS SATIVUS L.)

M.I. Maqhdoomi | F.A. Nehvi | S.A. Wani

11. STUDY OF CHANGES IN GROWTH AND ANTIOXIDANT ENZYMES ACTIVITY BY ABSCISIC ACID AND DROUGHT IN CROCUS SATIVUS L.

M. Maleki | M. Gholami

12. GREENHOUSE SAFFRON CULTURE – TEMPERATURE EFFECTS ON FLOWER EMERGENCE AND VEGETATIVE GROWTH OF THE PLANTS

R.V. Molina | B. Renau-Morata | S.G. Nebauer | A. García-Luis | J.L. Guardiola

13. PUBLIC DISCLOSURE, INTERPRETATION AND DISPLAYING THE WORLD SAFFRON AND CROCUS COLLECTION THROUGH THE CROCUSBANK WEBSITE

O. Santana-Méridas | M. De-Los-Mozos-Pascual | J.-A. Fernández

14. A METHOD TO IMPROVE THE INDUCTION OF CALLUS FROM SAFFRON (CROCUS SATIVUS LINNEO) CORMS

I. Suárez-Ambriz | M. González-Ronquillo | A. Domínguez-López | A. Trejo-González | L. Riverón-Negrete

15. SURVEY OF THE EFFECT OF IRRIGATION PERIODS ON PDS AND BCH GENES EXPRESSION WITH RT-PCR IN SAFFRON

R. Ghahremanzadeh | N. Moshtaghi | H. Marashi

16. THE FAMILY OF MADS-BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS CONTROLLING FLOWER FORMATION IN CROCUS SATIVUS L.

A.S. Tsaftaris | K. Pasentsis | A. Kalivas | A. Argiriou | A.N. Polidoros

17. EFFICIENT SOMATIC EMBRYOGENESIS AND PLANTLET REGENERATION FROM PROTOPLAST CULTURE OF CROCUS SATIVUS L.

R. Karamian | M. Ranjbar

18. STUDY ON CHANGES IN PROTEIN PATTERNS AND PHENOLIC CONTENTS DURING SOMATIC EMBRYOGENESIS IN CROCUS SATIVUS L.

R. Karamian | H. Ebrahimzadeh

19. ANALYSIS OF AGRONOMIC EFFECTIVE FACTORS ON YIELD OF SAFFRON-BASED AGRO-ECOSYSTEMS IN SOUTHERN KHORASSAN

M. Jami-alahmadi | M.A. Behdani | A. Akbarpoor

20. EFFECT OF PLANTING METHODS AND CORM DENSITY IN SAFFRON (CROCUS SATIVUS L.) YIELD

M.R. Behnia | M. Mokhtari

21. A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF A NEW METHOD OF SAFFRON CULTIVATION WITH A TRADITIONAL METHOD FOR IMPROVING SAFFRON PRODUCTIVITY

A. Mollafilabi

22. INVESTIGATION OF CORRELATIONS BETWEEN SAFFRON FLOWERING PATTERN AND CLIMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS UNDER DIFFERENT LEVELS OF IRRIGATION AND PLANTING DEPTH

J. Vafabakhsh | A. Mokhtarian | H. Rahimi | J. Ahmadian

23. SAFFRON STIGMAS PRODUCTION AS AFFECTED BY SOIL TEXTURE

F. Gresta | G.M. Lombardo | G. Avola

24. EVALUATION OF SAFFRON PLURIANNUAL GROWING CYCLE IN CENTRAL SICILY

F. Branca | S. Argento

25. USE OF ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAL FUNGI AND BENEFICIAL SOIL BACTERIA TO IMPROVE YIELD AND QUALITY OF SAFFRON (CROCUS SATIVUS L.)

26. COMPARATIVE STUDY ON EFFECT OF NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT ON GROWTH AND YIELD OF SAFFRON UNDER TEMPERATE CONDITIONS OF KASHMIR

F.A. Nehvi | A.A. Lone | M.A. Khan | M.I. Maqhdoomi

27. IMPACT OF MICROBIAL INOCULATION ON GROWTH AND YIELD OF SAFFRON IN KASHMIR

F.A. Nehvi | M.A. Khan | A.A. Lone | M.I. Maqhdoomi

28. THE STUDY ON PHENOLIC COMPOUNDS IN IRANIAN CROCUS SATIVUS L. CORMS BY GC-MS ANALYSIS

29. THE EVALUATION OF PLANT EFFECTIVE INDICES ON GROWTH AND PRODUCTION OF SAFFRON AGROECOSYSTEM IN SOUTHERN KHORASAN, IRAN

M.A. Behdani | M. Jami-alahmadi | A. Akbarpoor

30. EFFECT OF CORMS STORAGE CONDITIONS ON QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE TRAITS OF SAFFRON: AN AGRO-CHEMICAL STUDY

L. Siracusa | E.M. Napoli | G. Ruberto | F. Gresta | G.M. Lombardo

31. THE EFFECT OF PLANTING DATE, CORM WEIGHT AND GIBBERELLIN CONCENTRATION ON QUANTITY AND QUALITY CHARACTERISTICS OF SAFFRON

M.R. Tookalloo | M.H. Rashed Mohassel | A. Mollafilabi

32. CORM SIZE AND INCUBATION EFFECTS ON TIME TO FLOWERING AND THREADS YIELD AND QUALITY IN SAFFRON PRODUCTION IN ARGENTINA

L.M. Poggi | A.J. Portela | M.A. Pontin | R.V. Molina

33. SAFFRON YIELD POTENTIAL ZONING AS THE RESULT OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND AGRONOMIC EFFECTIVE FACTORS AND PLANT EFFECTIVE INDICES USING GIS IN SOUTHERN KHORASSAN

A. Akbarpoor | M.A. Behdani | M. Jami-alahmadi

34. THE DESIGN OF A MECHANICAL SYSTEM FOR THE HARVEST OF SAFFRON PLANTS IN GREECE

C.I. Dimitriadis | J.L. Brighton

35. MANUAL PROCEDURE TO ASSESS PRO-/ANTIOXIDANT IMBALANCE IN HUMAN PLASMA BASED ON THE CROCIN BLEACHING ASSAY (CBA)

S.A. Ordoudi | N. Nenadis | M.Z. Tsimidou | M. Sarigianni | K. Paletas

36. ANTIOXIDANT SAFFRON CONSTITUENTS BIND DNA AND TRNA

C.D. Kanakis | P.A. Tarantilis | M.G. Polissiou | H.A. Tajmir-Riahi

37. DETECTION OF ERYTHROSINE IN SAFFRON

S.A. Ordoudi | K. Tsioga | M.Z. Tsimidou

38. EFFECTS OF OZONE TREATMENT ON MICROFLORA OF DRIED SAFFRON AND ITS LIVING LARVAE

M. Akbari | M.H. Haddad Khadaparast | A. Hemati Kakhki

39. SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION OF HIGH QUALITY SAFFRON (CROCUS SATIVUS L.) IN SOME MOROCCAN AREAS

40. EFFECT OF SAFFRON PETAL WATER EXTRACT TO RYE (SECALE CEREALE L.) SEEDLING GROWTH

M. Ahmadi | R. Abbasi Alikamar | M. Tatari | A. Hosseini

41. EFFECT OF SAFFRON PETAL WATER EXTRACT ON WHEAT GERMINATION, SEEDLING GROWTH AND ESTABLISHMENT

M. Tatari | M. Ahmadi | R. Abbasi Alikamar | A. Hosseini

42. STABILITY OF ANTHOCYANIN EXTRACTED FROM SAFFRON (CROCUS SATIVUS L.) PETALS IN A MODEL BEVERAGE

A. Hemati Kakhki

43. RE-EVALUATION OF SAFFRON FLORAL WASTES: ANALYSIS OF SAFFRON FLOWERS DEFATTED HYDRO-ALCOHOLIC EXTRACTS

44. SENSORY ANALYSIS OF PICROCROCIN FROM SAFFRON SPICE: TASTE DETECTION THRESHOLD

A.M. Sánchez | M. Carmona | J.E. Pardo | G.L. Alonso

45. SAFFRON AS ENVIRONMENTAL BIOMARKER OF DIFFUSE CONTAMINATION

46. PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION INTO THE GEOGRAPHICAL ORIGIN DIFFERENTIATION OF SAFFRON (CROCUS SATIVUS L.) BY MULTI-ELEMENT (HCN) STABLE ISOTOPE ANALYSIS

L. Maggi | M. Carmona | G.L. Alonso | S. Kelly | N. Marigheto

47. EVALUATION OF THE EFFECTS OF SAFFRON (CROCUS SATIVUS L.) CORM EXTRACT ON GROWING INDICES OF CUCURBITA PEPO VAR. STYRICA

F. Izadpanah | T. Feizi | S. Ghomi | S. Kalantari | M.E. Hassani

48. FORTHCOMING CHALLENGES FOR IMPROVING SAFFRON FARMING SYSTEMS IN KASHMIR

F.A. Nehvi

49. STUDY OF SOCIO-ECONOMIC EFFECTS OF TEN YEARS RESEARCH ON SAFFRON (CROCUS SATIVUS L.)

M. Hosseini | A. Hemati Kakhki | A.-R. Karbasi

50. QUALITY AND PROSPECTIVE OF SICILIAN SAFFRON

A. Nicolosi | S. Cosentino | M. Strazzulla

51. REPLACEMENT OF SAFFRON (CROCUS SATIVUS L.) WITH POPPY (PAPAVER SOMNIFERUM L.) AND ITS SOCIO-ECONOMIC RESULTS IN AFGHANISTAN

A. Mollafilabi | M.H. Aslami | H. Shoorideh

52. CURRENT STATUS OF THE GERMPLASM SPANISH COLLECTION OF SAFFRON AND WILD RELATIVES

53. ETYMOLOGY, HISTORY AND APPLICATION OF SAFFRON (CROCUS SATIVUS L.) IN ANCIENT IRAN

G. Sharifi

54. FACTORS AFFECTING ENHANCEMENT OF SAFFRON (CROCUS SATIVUS L.) EXPORTS

A. Mollafilabi | N. Imankhan