Crocus sativus (saffron) is a perennial flower of the genus Crocus in the family Iridaceae, a common spice, and a valuable medicinal herb with strong physiological activity, which has the effect of activating blood circulation, removing blood stasis, dispersing depressions and knots. Lifeasible can provide you with a full range of saffron analysis services in substance analysis, quality analysis, process optimization, extract preparation, and model construction to help you improve the detection of physiologically active substances and saffron quality evaluation system.
What We Offer
- Analysis of volatile components
We can analyze and identify different volatile components by GC-MS and gas chromatography ion mobility spectrometry (GC-IMS). We can help you enrich and improve the data on volatile components of all parts of the saffron plant and support the further development and utilization of saffron.
- Optimization of the total glycoside preparation process
Total saffron glycosides have a wide range of suitable pharmacological activities; we use one-way examination, orthogonal design, and other methods to fully analyze the solvent, temperature, and number of extractions in your existing extraction scheme, the selection of adsorption resin in the adsorption test, the effect of temperature on the performance of adsorbent, elution flow rate and so on, to help you to screen out the optimal extraction and purification process.
Saffron can be extracted by steam distillation, ultrasound-assisted extraction, and organic solvent extraction and analyzed for its chemical composition by GC-MS and LC-MS. We also have a full range of services for the extraction and testing of crocin.
- Mechanism of action analysis
We can identify the main bioactive substances in saffron tissues by LC-MS and explore the pharmacological mechanism of action of saffron by using network pharmacology and LC-MS.
We can use the Internet of Things technology, big data technology, cloud computing multivariate mathematical statistical analysis, and other technologies to inject time, space, and attributes into saffron cultivation environment monitoring research and multidimensional visualization. We use a big data development platform, Internet of Things data collection equipment, and other hardware and software technologies to build an integrated saffron cultivation big data service platform and realize the spatial and temporal characteristics analysis model of object-oriented soil nutrients.
Saffron is a high-value-added product with inferior raw material adulteration, while traceability analysis can guarantee the high-quality development of the saffron industry chain. We provide chemical/non-chemical techniques and traditional data analysis strategies to identify saffron and its adulterants. High-resolution mass spectrometry is characterized by full scanning, high throughput, and non-targeting. Deep learning algorithms can automatically extract data features, reduce the phenomenon of over-fitting discriminative models during data processing, and improve the predictive performance and accuracy of discriminative models. We apply deep learning algorithms to automatically extract the hidden features in the data, which can be combined with high-resolution mass spectrometry to help you accurately identify the quality of saffron.
Besides, we will also utilize terahertz time-domain spectroscopy (THzTDS) combined with neural networks, support vector machines, principal component analysis, and other chemometric methods to identify the quality authenticity of saffron, principal component fingerprint spectra, and water content.
Saffron and its active ingredients can be used not only as a therapeutic agent for tumors but also as a chemopreventive agent. Lifeasible provides you with a comprehensive service on saffron, so please feel free to contact us for more information.
For research or industrial raw materials, not for personal medical use!
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