Lipids with potential health benefits in herbal teas

The lipids in some herbal teas have been identified in detail for the first time, preparing the ground for investigating their contribution to the health benefits of the teas

05-Apr-2024 - Herbal teas are enjoyed worldwide, not only for their taste and refreshment but also for a wide range of reputed health benefits. But the potential significance of a category of compounds called lipids in the teas has been relatively unexplored. Researchers at Hokkaido University, led by ...

KNAUER invests in Dresden-based start-up company

Both companies will offer integrated solutions in the field of material separation and laboratory organisation

22-Aug-2023 - KNAUER Wissenschaftliche Geraete GmbH and the Dresden-based start-up company Better Basics Laborbedarf GmbH announce a groundbreaking cooperation. In the future, the combination of the KNAUER AZURA HPLC system and the Better Basics SmartRack® organisation system for laboratory workstations will ...

Bruker Acquires Prolab Instruments

Augment Multiomics Solutions

20-Jan-2022 - Bruker Corporation announced the acquisition of Prolab Instruments GmbH, a Swiss technology company specialized in low-flow, high precision liquid chromatography technology and systems. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Mr. Werner Doebelin, the Founder and CEO of Prolab, ...

Wine Fraud: Chemical Fingerprint Uncorks Juicy Facts

30-Jan-2019 - Numerous components of 42 different wines have been analysed using state-of-the-art equipment for the first time. The data generated will provide an extremely accurate basis for definitively characterising different wine varieties, as well as an innovative approach for routine wine analysis. The ...

Alzheimer’s Disease: New Test Identifies the Most Promising Drug Candidates

16-Oct-2015 - Despite enormous efforts of scientists around the world, an effective and causal treatment against Alzheimer’s disease is yet to be found. Many substances that seemed promising initially, later failed in clinical trials, proving ineffective only after years of costly and time consuming tests. ...

VWR Acquires Hichrom Limited

07-May-2015 - VWR announced that it has acquired Hichrom Limited, a leading manufacturer and distributor of high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) columns and consumables. This acquisition builds upon VWR's existing chromatography systems, columns and consumables portfolio, expanding its capabilities to ...

Food analysis and diagnostics are hot topics at analytica China 2014

08-Sep-2014 - analytica China, International Trade Fair for Laboratory Technology, Analysis, Biotechnology and Diagnostics, opens its gates at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre (SNIEC) for the seventh time from September 24–26, 2014. This year's focus topics are food analysis and diagnostics. Among ...

Staphylococcus aureus bacteria turns immune system against itself

25-Nov-2013 - Around 20 percent of all humans are persistently colonized with Staphylococcus aureus bacteria, a leading cause of skin infections and one of the major sources of hospital-acquired infections, including the antibiotic-resistant strain MRSA. University of Chicago scientists have recently ...

Improved Method for Separation of Anthocyanins in Cranberry and Bilberry Extracts

14-Dec-2012 - Thermo Fisher Scientific announced an enhanced method to separate anthocyanins in cranberry and bilberry extracts with increased speed and reduced solvent consumption per analysis as compared to a previously developed method. Application Note (AN) 1042: Rapid Separation of Anthocyanins in ...

BAC BV collaborates with Life Technologies to provide new HPLC affinity columns

22-Jun-2011 - BAC BV has announced a strategic collaboration with Life Technologies to bring the wide range of BAC’s CaptureSelect® affinity ligand specificities to Life Technologies’ POROS® chromatography media and pre-packed HPLC columns. The collaboration will create a range of ready-to-use HPLC columns ...