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Underutilized Crocus Sativus L. Flowers: A Hidden Source of Sustainable High Value-Added Ingredients

Crocus sativus L. is used as a spice due to its organoleptic characteristics. Only flower stigmas are used for its production, as the rest of the flower is discarded as waste. This fact represents a lack of sustainability, since around 230,000 flowers are necessary to produce 1 kg of saffron. The ma...

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Autores principales: Cerdá-Bernad, Débora, Valero-Cases, Estefanía, Pérez-Llamas, Francisca, Pastor, Joaquín Julián, Frutos, María José
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer US 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10363081/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37389716
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11130-023-01065-7