Laboratory Instrumentation

Agilent 5890N & 6890N
GC W/Autosampler:

Fatty Acid Profiles, Sterols, Solid Phase Microextraction (SPME), Squalene, Steriosomers, trans-Fatty Acids

Oxford Instruments MQC-23 Benchtop NMR (23 mHz):

Solid Fat Content, Total Fat Content, Oil And Fat Content

Netzsch DSC 204 F1 with LN2 Cooling and Intracooler:

Thermal Profiling, Characterization, Polymorphism, Oxidation
Laboratory equipment

Biorad 680 XR Microplate Reader,
Shimadzu 1601 UV-Visible Spectrophotometer:

Phenolic Assays, Oxidation Studies

Agilent 1100 HPLC and 1260 UHPLC (DAD, Fluorscent, ELSD),
Shimadzu LC-6A:

Triacylglycerols, Tocopherols, Phenolics, Phospholipids, Organic Acids

Omnion OSI:

Oxidative Stability/Shelf Life

Chemtech (UIC) KDL-4 Shortpath Distillation System:

Structured Lipid Purification, Fractionation

Additional Facilities and Support

Food Science and Technology Research Facilities, the University of Georgia

MALDI-TOF

X-RAY Diffraction

13C NMR

GC-MS

HPLC-MS

SEM/TEM