- Consulting work for product development, including facilitation with publications and patents
- Supply high-quality, reproducible, polyphenol-enriched plant extracts
- Provide a wide-range of plant-derived polyphenolic standards
- Biological and chemical characterization of crude plant extracts
- Individual and total polyphenol quantification using spectrophotometric (Folin, Bate-Smith, Porter, Eur. Pharm.,BL-DMAC) and chromatographic techniques such as HPLC (polyphenolic profiles)
- Structure determination of biologically active compounds (MS, NMR)
- Antioxidant activity measurements (ORAC, DPPH, TEAC and CAA)
- Bioavailability studies (colon and skin bioavailability models)
Examples of our previous services:
- Stilbenoid quantification (resveratrol, piceid, viniferin) in wine products
- Proanthocyanidin and anthocyanin quantification in plant extracts
- Identification of polyphenols in plant extracts
- Production of a high polyphenolic containing plant extract for cosmetic use
- Food and plant extract antioxidant potential determination