UPLC-Q-TOF SYNAPT XS (High Resolution Mass Spectrometer)

High performance liquid chromatograph coupled to high resolution mass spectrometer for untargeted analysis of primary and secondary metabolites in plant matrices 

UHPLC-ORBITRAP Exploris 480 (High Resolution Mass Spectrometer)

High performance liquid chromatograph coupled to orbitrap mass spectrometer for untargeted analysis of primary and secondary metabolites in human/animal samples

UHPLC-MS/MS

High performance liquid chromatograph coupled to triple quadrupole mass spectrometer for the quantification of primary and secondary metabolites 

UHPLC-Qtrap

Two high performance liquid chromatographs coupled to triple quadrupole mass spectrometers with linear trap for the quantification of primary and secondary metabolites.

HPLC-DAD and HPLC-DAD-MS

High performance liquid chromatograph coupled to UV-VIS detector and single quadrupole mass spectrometer for the quantification of secondary metabolites.

GCxGC TOF

Two-dimensional gas chromatograph coupled to a time-of-flight mass spectrometer for untargeted analysis of VOCs

GC-MS/MS

One gas chromatograph coupled to a triple quadrupole mass spectrometer for the quantification of primary metabolites and VOCs

GC-O-MS

Gas chromatograph coupled to single quadrupole mass spectrometer and olfactometer for the analysis and identification of sensory important VOCs

Fast-GC-MS/MS

Fast-gas chromatograph coupled to triple quadrupole mass spectrometer for the quantification of primary metabolites and VOCs

Other equipment

Other instrumentation for analysis (e.g. spectrophotometer / colorimeter), for sample preparation (e.g. anoxic chamber) and for compound isolation (preparative HPLC).

Quantitative analysis of secondary metabolites

Quantification of different classes of secondary metabolites through LC and GC techniques coupled with mass spectrometers (polyphenols, anthocyanins, VOCs ...)

Quantitative analysis of primary metabolites

Quantification of different classes of primary metabolites through LC and GC techniques coupled to mass spectrometers (Organic acids, carbohydrates, amino acids, SCFA, lipids ...)

Untarget analysis of metabolites on plant samples

Profiling of different classes of metabolites through LC and GC techniques coupled to high resolution mass spectrometers, on different plant material (food, plants, wine, other)

Untarget analysis of metabolites on human and animal samples

The platform offers the possibility to carry out the profiling of different classes of metabolites through LC and GC techniques coupled to high resolution mass spectrometers (nutritional studies and nutrikinetics of bioactive compounds).

Olfactometric gas chromatographic analysis

The platform offers the possibility to carry out olfactometric studies after gas chromatographic separation to correlate the aroma to a specific compound present in the matrix.

Isolation of compounds of interest from complex matrices

The platform offers the possibility to isolate specific compounds of interest from complex matrices, through optimized extractions and preparative chromatography.

Metabolomics

The platform uses methods based on mass spectrometry to identify and quantify molecules in different biological matrices and plant extracts, for metabolomics and lipidomics studies.

Viticulture and enology

The platform offers analysis of metabolites present in oenological products; in viticulture in the study metabolomic analysis of plant-pathogen interactions, using quantitative and screening techniques

Agrifood

The platform offers both fingerprinting analyzes (analysis of all measurable analytes to identify differences) and targeted analyzes (quantification of a set of analytes) on different agri-food products.

Food and nutrition

The platform offers metabolomic analyzes of active compounds in humans (within acute and chronic intervention, nutritional studies conducted externally), and studies of metabolism and transport of metabolites in model animals.