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- HPLC with 2 detectors (RI, UV-Vis-Diode Array)
- GC-FID chromatograph
- LC-QTOF-MS
- GC-MS
- food and packaging materials
- Water activity analyzers (Decagon)
- UV/Vis spectrophotometers
- Polarized Microscope with camera - image analysis capability
- Incubators (controlled temperature – relative humidity)
- Centrifuges
- Rotatory evaporators
- Freeze - Dryers
- Automatic titration unit
- Ultrasonic bath, ultrasonic device with controlled energy input
- Ultrasonic probe
- Ultra-Τurrax Homogenizers
- Soxhlet & Kjeldahl equipment
- Sensory analysis laboratory facilities
- FTIR-ATR spectrometer
SAMPLE PREPARATION
Grinding (liquid nitrogen), sieving, drying (oven, freeze-drying)
EXTRACTION
Ultrasound- and microwave-assisted extraction, maceration, Soxhlet extraction, extraction by organic solvents upon heating and/or mixing, hydrodistillation
ENCAPSULATION
Freeze-drying, spray-drying, inclusion complexation, nanoemulsions
CHARACTERIZATION
UV-Vis, RP-HPLC-DAD/RI, LC-QTOF-MS, GC-MS, GC-FID, FT-IR, Raman, NMR
BY-PRODUCTS AND WASTE VALORIZATION
Rice hulls and bran, pomegranate peels and seeds, peach peels and kernels, spent coffee grounds
PREPARATION OF CHITOSAN-BASED INTELLIGENT FOOD PACKAGING MATERIALS
Chitosan-based packaging edible films, chitosan-based nanoparticles
SIMULATED GASTROINTESTINAL DIGESTION
In vitro digestion models
DEEP EUTECTIC SOLVENTS PREPARATION AND CHARACTERIZATION
pH, density, viscosity, FT-IR, water activity
Kalogiouri N.P., Manousi N., Paraskevopoulou A., Mourtzinos I., Zachariadis G.A., Rosenberg E. Headspace Solid-Phase Microextraction Followed by Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry as a Powerful Analytical Tool for the Discrimination of Truffle Species According to Their Volatiles. Frontiers in Nutrition. 2022. 9, 856250.
Tzima K., Makris D. P. Nikiforidis C. V. and Mourtzinos I*. Potential use of Rosemary, Propolis and Thyme as Natural Food Preservatives. Journal of Nutrition and Health. 2015, 1:1- 6.