Department of Microstructure and Mechanics of Biomaterials

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Sample preparation

  • Isolation of cell walls from different plants
  • Sequential extraction of polysaccharides from cell walls:
    • Pectin fractions: WSP, CSP,ASP
    • Hemicelluloses fractions
    • Cellulose
    • Extraction of natural compounds with ASE 150 with solvents: ethyl alcohol, acetone, water
    • Sample lyophilisation
    • Dry sample grinding to the particle size of c.a. 6µm.
    • Microbiological medium and small laboratory equipment sterilization

 

Traditional chemical analyses

  • Dry mass marking
  • Acidity
  • pH
  • Extract contents
  • Starch contents, iodine test, enzyme method, polymetric method
  • Marking the level of pectin estrification with a spectrophotometric method
  • Enzyme activity – a spectrophotometric method
    • Polygalacturonase PG
    • Alfa – L – arabinofuranosidase (Alfa – L –Af)
    • Beta – galactosidase (Beta – Gal)
    • Pectin methylesterase PME

Flow analysis

  • Marking the contents of galacturonic acid in water solutions (1– 100 ppm C6H12O6)
  • Marking the contents of calcium in water solutions (1-100 ppm Ca)
  • Marking total nitrogen in samples after mineralization (0.1 – 10 ppm N)

 

FT Raman and FT IR

  • Identification of organic and inorganic compounds
  • Defining crystallization level of cellulose in cell walls

 

Granulometric analysis of powders

  • 50µm, 100µm, 500µm, 1 mm, 2mm, 4mm.

 

Analytical services – microbiology

  • Qualitative and quantitative marking of fruit and vegetable microflora,
  • Gluconacetobacter xylinus bacteria breeding.

 

contact: Justyna Cybulska

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