Main Facilities:

The Nutraceuticals & Delivery Research Group is based in well-equipped laboratories. There are excellent facilities for natural compounds extraction, extracts characterization, biological activity tests, impregnation and preparation of delivery systems.

Techniques available:

  • High-pressure spray processes for particles formation;
  • Coating/micro-encapsulation (high-pressure, spray-drying and fluidized bed processes);
  • High-pressure impregnation;
  • Nanoparticle Tracking Analysis by Nanosight
  • Extraction (SCF processes and conventional solid-liquid extraction)
  • Ingredients analysis:HPLC-DAD-MS; GC-MS;
  • Oxidative stress: LDL peroxidation;
  • Antioxidants Quantification (Total phenols, anthocyanidins and bioflavonoids);
  • Antioxidant Activity by ORAC/HORAC/HOSC assay;
  • In vitro Anti-diabetic enzymatic assays;
  • In vitro Anti-obesity enzymatic assays
  • Intracellular Antioxidant Activity (intracellular oxidative stress);
  • Cell-based Anti-inflammatory assays;
  • Cell-based cytotoxicity and viability assays;
  • Detection of apoptosis events in cell-based assays;
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  • Bioavailability assays: in vitro Intestinal Epithelial Model
  • in vitro Inflammed Intestinal Epithelial Cell Model

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