Institute of Biological Sciences: Oxidative Stress Laboratory

Services:

 

1. Tests for toxicity/ side effects of plant-based sweeteners (in vivo/in vitro model).

2. Tests for toxicity/ side effects/ pro-health effects of plant extract-based products (fruits/vegetables) (in vivo/in vitro model)

3. Microwave digestion of biological material.

4. Determination of selected oxidative stress markers (ELISA technique).

5. Determination of metal transporters (ELISA technique).

6. Determination of selected clinical-chemistry parameters using a biochemical analyzer.

 

Equipment

1. Speedwave Four microwave digestion system for 12 vessels per rotor (Berghof)

2. Z-2000 Tandem Flame/ Furnace Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer (Hitachi)

3. EasyLyte Na/K/Cl analyzer (Medica)

4. BS-120 biochemical analyzer (Mindray)

5. XL640 veterinary analyzer with accessories (ERBA Diagnostics Mannheim GmbH)

6. ADVIA 2120i haematology analyzer with veterinary software (Siemens)

7. Laura Smart urine strip reader (ERBA Lachema)

8. Synergy 2 multi-mode microplate reader (BioTek) equipped with following detection modes: absorbance, fluorescence, luminescence, polarised fluorescence.

9. Elx50 microplate strip washer (BioTek)

10. DTS-4 digital thermo microplate shaker for 4 microplates (Elmi Laboratory Equipment)

11. MACSQuant Analyzer 10 flow cytometer (Miltenyi Biotec)

12. HERAcell 150I CU CO2 incubator with copper chamber (Thermo Fisher Scientific)

13. HERA safe KS 12 laminar flow cabinet (Thermo Fisher Scientific)

14. SH 12/24 haematologic adder with accessories

15. Olympus IX73 inverted microscope with the CellSens imaging software (Olympus)

16. U-2900 double beam UV-VIS spectrophotometer (Hitachi) with 2J1-0104 temperature controller ED-5 (Hitachi) and heating circulator with open bath (Julabo)

17. UP 50H compact ultrasonic homogenizer (Hielscher Ultrasonics GmbH)

18. BioGen PRO200 homogenizer (PRO Scientific INc.)

19. XA 100 3Y.A analytical balance (Radwag)

20. PS 210 R.2 and PS 2500 3.Y precision balances (Radwag)

21. Heraeus Megafuge 11R refrigerated centrifuge (Thermo Fisher Scientific), equipped with angle microliter and microtiter plate rotors

22. HLP Spring 5R water purification system (Hydrolab)

23. Haake DC10-P5/U heating circulator bath (Thermo Fisher Scientific)

24. HFU 486 basic deep-freezer (Thermo Fisher Scientific) with equipment for organizing and storing of biological material

25. LCv 4010 laboratory fridge-freezer (Liebherr)

26. TC240 laboratory thermocenter oven (SlavisLab)

27. Shaking WNB 14 water bath (Memmert)

28. ONE 45 oil bath (Memmert)

29. Polwater DL-100 V 717 demineralizer (Labopol)

30. DEM-20 distiller.

31. computer set with graphic design software (CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X6 PL Win Box).