Pharmaceutical Botanical evaluation of Saffron (Crocus sativus L.) called samples sold in Turkey

Crocus sativus L. (Saffron, Fam. Iridaceae) is a medicinal, commercial, historical and economically important plant that has been used in the treatment of various diseases since ancient times. Saffron, which generally by public to add flavor color dishes, difficult cultivate harvest due use only dried stigmas known as most expensive spice world. The macroscopic microscopic properties samples sold under name "Saffron" from 10 different cities Turkey, well drying loss, foreign matter amount determination, total ash density phosphomolybdic acid reaction elongation determination analysis tests were conducted their conformity with European Pharmacopoeia standards was investigated. In this study, saffron purchased local producer Safranbolu (Standard 1) grown ourselves 2) used. As result our it determined morphological studies 2 4 completely belonged Carthamus tinctorius (Safflower) plant. On other hand, revealed analyzes sample number six contains very little stigma mainly Safflower bulk flowers.