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 ...

PFAS analysis: Reliably detecting eternity chemicals

analytica conference: PFAS in the focus of science

27-Feb-2024 - Perfluorinated and polyfluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS) are colloquially known as “eternity chemicals” due to their persistence in the environment. PFAS do not occur naturally, but they can be found in all sorts of things from food packaging and outdoor textiles to seals and hoses. This group ...

New fatty acids found in vegetable oils

Characterize vegetable oils comprehensively

25-Sep-2023 - Whether in salad dressings, for sautéing and deep-frying, or in cake batter - vegetable oils are a key ingredient in food preparation. With a sales volume of almost 80 million liters per year and a market share of around 40 percent, rapeseed oil is the most popular vegetable oil in Germany. ...

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 ...

New collaboration between Shimadzu and the University Medical Center Göttingen

Shimadzu and UMG team up to develop new clinical LC-MS methods for more rapid and flexible TDM analysis

31-Oct-2022 - Shimadzu is embarking on a new collaboration with the University Medical Center Göttingen (UMG). UMG is one of Germany's leading university medical facilities. The collaboration will focus on the development of new clinical laboratory methods using liquid chromatography - mass spectrometry ...

KNAUER celebrates 60th anniversary and awards science prize to a young researcher

08-Jul-2022 - The Berlin-based manufacturer of high-tech laboratory measuring instruments KNAUER Wissenschaftliche Geräte GmbH celebrated its sixtieth company anniversary with a big party on July 1, 2022 under the motto "Science with Passion". For this occasion, the company had invited about 100 guests from ...

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 ...

Chemical fingerprints confirm the saffron fraud

22-Jan-2016 - Saffron from Spain is one of the world's most superior varieties, but the majority of this product which is labelled and exported as such originates in other countries. Scientists from the Czech Republic and Spain confirmed this false labelling after analysing 44 commercial products. By using a ...

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 ...