Genetic and Epigenetic Approaches for the Possible Detection of Adulteration and Auto-Adulteration in Saffron (Crocus sativus L.) Spice

Genetic and Epigenetic Approaches for the Possible Detection of Adulteration and Auto-Adulteration in Saffron (Crocus sativus L.) Spice

Saffron (Crocus sativus L.) is very expensive and, because of this, often subject to adulteration. Modern genetic fingerprinting techniques are an alternative low cost technology to the existing chemical techniques, which are used to control the purity of food products. Buddleja officinalis Maxim, G...

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Main Authors: Giovanna Soffritti, Matteo Busconi, Rosa Ana Sánchez, Jean-Marie Thiercelin, Moschos Polissiou, Marta Roldán, José Antonio Fernández
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2016-03-01
Series:Molecules
Subjects:
saffron
adulteration
DNA-based traceability
molecular markers
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/21/3/343

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