Chemical and structural analysis

Instrumentation for thorough proximal composition, nutritional value, and metabolite identification in feed and aquatic animals. Detection, quantification and validation of methods for analyses of substances including pharmaceuticals and pesticides These include GC-MS, GC-FID, GC-BID, HPLC-UV, LC-MS/MS, UHPLC-RI, UHPLC-DAD, and UHPLC-TOF-MS chromatographies, nutrient analyser, TDS, Proton (1H) Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR). Capabilities in building metabolic profiles and nutrient fluxes with stable isotope analysis through Deuterium (2H) and Carbon-13 (13C) NMR.

Ready-to-use culture media or concentrated reagent kits (BG11, M7, S2T2, F/2 with different salinities, LC, Z8, MHY) Soil and Sphagnum extract for M7, S2T2, and LC media. The composition of the culture medium is sent with the medium.

Product: Algas

Team: Mariana Assunção (Laboratory Technician) e Isabel Matos (Technical Assistant)

Extraction, hydrolysis, identification, and quantification of monosaccharides from microalgae and cyanobacteria by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC-RI).

Technique: High-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC).

Product: Algae

Team: Mariana Assunção (Laboratory Technician) e Isabel Matos (Technical Assistant)

Extraction, identification and quantification of pigments from microalgae and cyanobacteria by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC-DAD)

Technique: High-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC).

Product: Algae

Team: Mariana Assunção (Laboratory Technician) e Isabel Matos (Technical Assistant)

Extraction, identification and quantification of fatty acids from microalgae and cyanobacteria by gas chromatography (GC-FID).

Technique: Gas Chromatography (GC)

Product: Algae

Team: Mariana Assunção (Laboratory Technician) e Isabel Matos (Technical Assistant)

Extraction and quantification of total lipid from microalgae and cyanobacteria by gravimetric methods; separation and quantification of neutral lipids, glycolipids and phospholipids by column chromatography

Technique: Gravimetric analysis | Column chromatography

Product: Algae

Team: Mariana Assunção (Laboratory Technician) e Isabel Matos (Technical Assistant)

Extraction and quantification of total sugars of microalgae and cyanobacteria by gravimetric analysis and spectrophotometry

Technique: Gravimetric analysis | Spectrophotometry

Product: Algae

Team: Mariana Assunção (Laboratory Technician) e Isabel Matos (Technical Assistant)