Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry

Main activities:

• solution and cooperation in solution of research projects
• basic chemical analyses of plant material with respect to evaluation of genetic resources and initial breeding material
• consultancy, publication activity and oral presentations

Research activities

• isolation and determination of inulin content in Jerusalem artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus, L.)
• determination of glucomannan content in natural raw material and commercial products

Services offered

• gravimetric measurement of dry matter resp. moisture
• determination of total nitrogen based on Kjeldahl
• determination of reducing sugars – titration
• determination of starch based on Ewers
• determination of nitrates – ISE
• microwave mineralization of plant samples
• spectrophotometric determination of P in mineralized sample
• Mg, K, Zn, Mg, Fe determination in mineralized sample – AAS
• starch isolation from potato tuber and determination of amylosis/amylopectin content

Head
Ing. Dagmar Šimková, Ph.D.