Bespoke Phytochemical Analysis
A company developing new food supplement products required serum samples collected from a human study to be analysed for a particular range of phytochemicals and other biomarkers to demonstrate whether the supplement was having an impact or not.
Team Employed: Experts in analytical sciences, Phytochemicals and Human Intervention Studies
Methodology: Use of our bespoke (and some unique) analytical methods developed particularly for analysing certain phytochemicals in plants, food extracts and human tissue samples
Result: We were able to demonstrate that the product did have an effect on the levels of phytochemicals in the serum samples
Applied Research and Analytical Services for Industry
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