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Fully automated semiprep or/and prep system for laboratory-scale purification; also as GMP

flow rates from up to 5,000 mL/min ✓ binary, ternary and quaternary high- and low-pressure gradients ✓ Flow control by pressure or volume ✓ more

Wide variety of Filter Papers for all Laboratory and Industrial Applications

The LifeScience Catalogue presents a large selection of filter papers, extraction thimbles, blotting papers & special filtration products more

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• Researchers develop efficient process for chemical terpene synthesis
  

  A team of scientists led by Professor Tanja Gulder at Leipzig University’s Institute of Organic Chemistry, together with colleagues from the University of Regensburg, has developed a simplified and efficient method for the artificial production of terpenes. Terpenes are a very extensive and diverse more

• Detecting food fraud - thanks to light quanta
  

  When shopping in the supermarket, consumers must be able to rely on the food label. But is it always correct? In the joint project QSPEC, AMO GmbH, Laser Zentrum Hannover e.V. (LZH), AG Photonische Quantentechnologien of Leibniz Universität Hannover (LUH), TOPTICA Photonics AG, AMOtronics UG and Deu more

• DIC and Debut Biotech Advance and Scale Biomanufacturing of Sustainable Red Colorants for Food, Nutrition, and Cosmetics
  

  DIC Corporation (DIC) announced the start of the second phase of a joint development agreement with California-based biotech startup Debut Biotechnology, Inc. (Debut Biotech), a synthetic biology company at the forefront of advanced biomanufacturing technology. The agreement focuses on creating natu more

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When Food met Pharma: Delivery Strategies for Nutraceuticals

With growing prevalence of lifestyle-associated diseases, including obesity, Type II diabetes and cardiovascular disease, there is an urgent need and demand to try to prevent the onset of these diseases within our growing population. Nutraceuticals, along with appropriate diet and exercise, may ... more

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• For its chocolate manufacture, an international food group relies on Sartorius metal detection equipment
  

  The demands and expectations on product quality are continuously increasing. Therefore,metal detectors are used for protection of both machines and consumers, which is a legal requirement in many countries for ruling out metal contaminants in produc more

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Polyphenols & Antioxidants

After looking at the chemistry of coffee in the previous post, it seemed only fair to also consider the chemistry of tea, just so all the tea drinkers out there don’t feel left out. Much like coffee, tea contains a hugely wide variety of chemical compounds, but some of the most important in terms of more

The Versatility of Glycerol

Look on the ingredients label of many different cosmetic or personal care products, and glycerol (often also called glycerin or glycerine) is commonly present. It’s also found in a variety of food products, as well as in some pharmaceutical products, so what’s the reason for its inclusion? Glycerol more

Monosodium Glutamate

Monosodium glutamate, or MSG for short, has long been the villain of the food supplement world. In the UK, Chinese takeaways proudly display ‘No MSG’ signs beside their counters, and many websites will purport to tell you ‘the truth about MSG’. Numerous studies have been carried out examining the ef more