Appropriate use of analytical terminology – examples drawn from research on saffron
The lack of scientific rigor in the analytical aspects of present research has forced the authors to select a subject — saffron as an example — to defend the correct use of analytical terms for the sake of avoiding the generalization of their misuse, and to give a glance of this interesting specie t...
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| description | The lack of scientific rigor in the analytical aspects of present research has forced the authors to select a subject — saffron as an example — to defend the correct use of analytical terms for the sake of avoiding the generalization of their misuse, and to give a glance of this interesting specie too. With this aim — and after an introduction on saffron spice and saffron plant, the lack of research on the commercialized product is afforded. The errors committed on analytical aspects related with sample pretreatment, sample preparation, separation, detection and data treatment are intended to be critically discussed; errors that are even bigger in the research on authentication, discrimination and frauds on the saffron spices — as happens in other research fields. The scant research on the omics aspects of saffron is highlighted, as well as on the valorization of saffron parts to which the appropriate attention — based on an in-depth knowledge of their major and minor components — has not been paid so far. Some studies on which future research should be focused are outlined as conclusions. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6ff7ec686d61436fb04afa9d1c45b5ea2022-12-21T22:24:43ZengElsevierTalanta Open2666-83192020-12-012100005Appropriate use of analytical terminology – examples drawn from research on saffronM.D. Luque de Castro0R. Quiles-Zafra1Department of Analytical Chemistry, Campus of Rabanales, University of Córdoba, 14071 Córdoba, Spain; Corresponding author.Agriculture and Environmental Laboratory, Consejería de Agricultura, Junta de Comunidades de Castilla-La Mancha, Toledo, SpainThe lack of scientific rigor in the analytical aspects of present research has forced the authors to select a subject — saffron as an example — to defend the correct use of analytical terms for the sake of avoiding the generalization of their misuse, and to give a glance of this interesting specie too. With this aim — and after an introduction on saffron spice and saffron plant, the lack of research on the commercialized product is afforded. The errors committed on analytical aspects related with sample pretreatment, sample preparation, separation, detection and data treatment are intended to be critically discussed; errors that are even bigger in the research on authentication, discrimination and frauds on the saffron spices — as happens in other research fields. The scant research on the omics aspects of saffron is highlighted, as well as on the valorization of saffron parts to which the appropriate attention — based on an in-depth knowledge of their major and minor components — has not been paid so far. Some studies on which future research should be focused are outlined as conclusions.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666831920300059SaffronSample preparationSaffron analysisSaffron spice authenticationSaffron spice discriminationSaffron spice frauds |
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| title | Appropriate use of analytical terminology – examples drawn from research on saffron |
| title_full | Appropriate use of analytical terminology – examples drawn from research on saffron |
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| title_short | Appropriate use of analytical terminology – examples drawn from research on saffron |
| title_sort | appropriate use of analytical terminology examples drawn from research on saffron |
| topic | Saffron Sample preparation Saffron analysis Saffron spice authentication Saffron spice discrimination Saffron spice frauds |
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