| 1. | SmithKline Beecham tookover the Crocin brand for Rs43 crore from Duphar.
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| 2. | Crocin is the chemical ingredient primarily responsible for the color of saffron.
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| 3. | Chemically, crocin is the dicarboxylic acid crocetin.
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| 4. | The color of saffron comes from crocin, a red variety of carotenoid natural pigment.
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| 5. | The absorbance reading of crocin is known as the " colouring strength " of that saffron.
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| 6. | However, saffron's golden yellow-orange colour is primarily the result of ?-crocin.
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| 7. | Gentiobiose is incorporated into the chemical structure of crocin, the chemical compound that gives saffron its color.
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| 8. | It also contains a carotenoid pigment, crocin, which imparts a rich traded and used for over four millennia.
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| 9. | The saffron contains a dye consisting of 8 to 13.4 % of the volatile oils crocin and picrococin.
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| 10. | "' Crocin "'is a carotenoid chemical compound that is found in the flowers crocus and gardenia.
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