Crocus is a genus of crocus in Iridaceae. It originated from southern Europe to Iran and was introduced into Tibet through India. So Purple Sweet Potato Powder is also called crocus. It has been used to this day. Now Cistanche Tubulosa Extract are a few cultivated plants in Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Jiangsu, Beijing and Shanghai in China. It is not only a kind of precious medicinal material, but Honeysuckle Extract a kind of precious perfume. Modern pharmacological research shows that crocus has strong circulatory system function, anti-tumor, anti-oxidation and other Boswelia Serrata Extract. In traditional Chinese medicine, the dried stigma is used as medicine, which is called Crocus sativus. It has the functions of activating blood and removing stasis, cooling blood and detoxifying, relieving depression and calming nerves. Saffron pigment, also known as saffron pigment, refers to the general term of carotenoid, saffron and other pigments extracted from the stigma of saffron.

Water soluble pigment

These compounds are mainly a series of crocin compounds formed by Croce tin and sugar, which are the main medicinal and pigment components of saffron. Its structure is mainly all trans crocin: α - crocin (I), β - crocin (II), γ - crocin (III) and crocin-i-v (crocins-i-v, IV-VIII); there is a special CIS crocin ester compound: fructin-6 '- o-crocinoyl-1 "- o-β-d-glucosidate (mangicrocin, IX).