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Physicochemical analyses

Physicochemical analyses

Services​

IPB&GR, having special expertise, and the appropriate laboratory apparatus provides external services to agricultural associations, processing industries, essential oils distilleries, relevant to IPGRB research objectives. ​

  • Quality control analyses of plant origin products - Cereals, Hemp, Aromatic & Medicinal Plants - Essential Oils.​
  • Investigation of herbicide resistance development.​
  • Reddening of cotton seedling.​
  • Carbon footprinting of agricultural systems and life cycle analyses of agricultural products.​
  • Evaluation of the effectiveness of formulations against pests, conducting field inspections to detect pest infestations and providing appropriate instructions for their control.​
  • Conservation and exploitation of native species with emphasis on Greek aromatic and floral species.​
  • Quality control on Aromatic & Medicinal Plants​
    • Essential oil content​.
    • Qualitative and quantitative composition of essential oils​.
  • Quality control on industrial hemp​
    • Quantitative determination of Δ9-THC, CBD and CBG in industrial hemp.​
  • Nutrition facts analyses​
    • Moisture, protein, fat, ash, dietary fibre, total sugars, starch, salt, carbohydrates​.
  • Besatz determination of durum wheat grains​
    • Hectoliter weight, 1000 grain weight​,Βroken grains, impurities consisting of grains (shrivelled, other grains, grains damaged by pests, grains with discoloured germ, overheated grains), sprouted grains, various foreign impurities, common wheat grains​.
    • Virtuousness of durum wheat​.
  • Specialized analyses of cereals​
    • Gluten quality and quantity, falling number(Test Hagberg), Sedimentation value (Zeleny Test)​.
    • Milling yield of rice, ratio of rice length/width, chalkiness of rice, rice specification, amylose content in rice​.
    • Baking performance of cereal flours​.
  • Profile of antioxidant compounds ​
    • Total phenolic compounds, total flavonoids, total anthocyanins, complete profile of phenolic compounds and profile of main phenolic compounds with HPLC-DAD-MS​.
    • Tocopherols, tocotrienols and carotenoids​.
    • Antioxidant capacity (ABTS, DPPH και FRAP tests)​.
  • General food analyses​
    • Color, moisture​.
    • pH, Brix (soluble solid), acidity​,Ascorbic acid​.