Medicinal-aromatic plants laboratories carry out the necessary studies for the collection, protection and cultivation of medicinal and aromatic plants with economic value in the food, pharmaceutical and cosmetic industry, as well as to determine and determine the diseases and pests that may be encountered during the cultivation of these plants. These are laboratories established to study what can be done to combat them. Physical, chemical, instrumental analysis (Spectrophotometer, Gas Chromatography, Liquid Chromatography) and microbiological analyzes are included in the working areas of these laboratories in order to determine the chemical and nutritional properties of medicinal and aromatic plants.
Analyzes carried out in the laboratories of medicinal-aromatic plants;
essential oil components analysis,
fatty acids analysis,
aromatic, phenolic, carotenoid, anthocyanin vitamin component analysis,
determination of total dry matter,
ash determination,
the amount of water-soluble dry matter (brix),
pH, acidity,
refractive index,
water activity,
polarization value,
total fat,
essential oil determination,
antioxidant activity,
color determination analysis.
The analyzers used in these laboratories include liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS-MS), gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS), high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), oven, precision balance, water bath, pure water device, There is an incubator and a microscope.
