Barcoding Melting Curve Analysis for Rapid, Sensitive, and Discriminating Authentication of Saffron (<i>Crocus sativus</i> L.) from Its Adulterants

<div>Bar-MCA for authenticate of unknown commercial saffron. Melting curve of authentic saffron (red line), unknown commercial sample (blue line), and its mixture (red-violet line) were significant different; this means the sample may be fraudulent.</div>

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Figure 4: Barcoding Melting Curve Analysis for Rapid, Sensitive, and Discriminating Authentication of Saffron (<i>Crocus sativus</i> L.) from Its Adulterants 

Figure 4 | Barcoding Melting Curve Analysis for Rapid, Sensitive, and Discriminating Authentication of Saffron (Crocus sativus L.) from Its Adulterants 