Equipments & Methodologies

Equipments & Methodologies 

•   Extraction

 Solid and liquid extraction (lab scale and pilot plant scale) with conventional solvents and supercritical fluids. Counter current column.  

• Particle formation

                    SAS                                              PGSS                                        Spray-drying/chilling

    (supercritical anti-solvent)     (particles from gas-saturated solutions)

• Fundamental studies with supercritical fluids

Melting point depression, solubilities, sorption, phase equilibria measurements 

• Impregnation   

• Characterization of bioactive compounds

 Chomatography and Colourimetric tests

• Antioxidant activity

Free radical scavenging (ORAC, HORAC, EPR)                  Inhibition of LDL oxidation

•   Bioactivity cell-based assays 

Citotoxicity           Anti-proliferative           Anti-inflammatory         

Cellular antioxidant capacity

• Bioavailability and cellular uptake

      Trans Epithelial Electrical Resistance (TEER)

• Nanoparticle Tracking Analysis