The Regional Analytical Laboratory for medicinal and aromatic plants is an approved quality control laboratory established with the financial support of the Ministry of Agriculture, Govt. of India. Identification of active principles of important medicinal plants and standardisation of quality testing procedures are being undertaken in the laboratory. Analytical services on quality of selected medicinal and aromatic plants are provided from here.
Equipment strength of the Regional Analytical Laboratory
|
Sl. No |
Equipment |
Make and model |
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1. |
High Pressure Liquid Chromatograph (HPLC) with diode array detector detector View |
Ultimate 3000 Dionex, Germany |
|
2. |
High Pressure Liquid Chromatograph (HPLC) with UV detector and fraction collector View
|
LC-8A, FRC-10A Shimadzu, Japan |
|
3. |
Atomic Absorption Spectrometer View |
Zeenit 700 Analytik Jena, Germany |
|
4. |
Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometer (FTIR) |
Impact 400D Nicolet Analytical, USA |
|
5. |
Scanning UV Spectrophotometer |
UV-1201 Shimadzu Corporation, Japan |
|
6. |
Capillary column Gas chromatograph with FID and PTV View |
Master GC Dani Instruments, Italy |
|
7. |
Microwave acid digestor –cum- Solvent Extractor |
MARS Express CEM, USA make |
|
8. |
Precision balance (capacity : 220/80g, Readability : 0.10/0.01mg) |
AUW220D Shimadzu, Japan |
|
9. |
Precision balance (capacity : 210g, Readability : 0.00001g) |
Sartorius 210 S Sartorius Corporation, Germany |
|
10. |
Precision temperature controlled bath (-50oC to 210oC) |
Heto Holten, Denmark |
|
11. |
Automatic solvent extraction assembly |
Pelican 600S Pelican Instruments, Madras, India |
|
12. |
Solvent extraction unit |
Tecator, France |
|
13. |
Photo-documentation equipment |
UV Products, UK |
|
14. |
Vacuum concentrator |
Heto, Sweden |
|
15. |
Ultra Pure water purification system |
DIRECT-Q3 UV Millipore, USA |
| 16 | Rotary Vacuum Evaporator | 4000/HB/G3 Laborota 4000 Efficient Heidolph, Germany |
|
17 |
Seed and Grain MoistureTesterPM-600 |
KCTT Electric Laboratory, Japan |
Important analytical services available:
|
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Materials analysed |
Parameters |
Method |
Charges per sample (Rs) * |
|
A. |
Essential oils: (Lemongrass, Palmarosa, Patchouli, Eucalyptus, Nutmeg, Vetiver) |
Important quality principles |
Gas chromatography |
500.00 |
|
B. |
Medicinal plants/raw drugs |
|
|
|
|
1 |
Turmeric |
Curcumin |
Spectro-photometry |
500.00 |
|
2 |
Pepper |
Oleoresin, piperin |
HPLC |
1000.00 |
|
3 |
Koduveli |
Plumbagin |
HPLC |
1000.00 |
|
4 |
Nilappana |
Curculigoside |
HPLC |
1500.00 |
|
5 |
Chappangam |
Colour value |
Spectrophotometry |
500.00 |
|
6 |
Keezharnelli |
Phyllanthin, hypophyllanthin |
HPLC |
1500.00 |
|
7 |
Brahmi |
Bacoside a |
HPLC |
1000.00 |
|
8 |
Tippali |
Oleoresin, Piperin, longamine |
HPLC |
1000.00 |
|
9 |
Withania (Amukkuram) |
Withaferin a |
HPLC |
1000.00 |
|
10 |
Mucuna pruriens |
L-DOPA, sterols |
HPLC |
1000.00 |
|
11 |
Aconitum sp. |
Aconitine |
HPLC |
1500.00 |
|
12 |
Sarpagandhi |
Ajamalcine, Ajamaline, Reserpine |
HPLC |
1500.00 |
|
13 |
Kurumthotty |
Sida alkaloids |
HPLC |
1500.00 |
|
C. |
Heavy metal content of drugs
|
Lead, Mercury, Arsenic, Chromium, Selenium, Aluminium |
AAS |
Rs. 2000 for 1 element and Rs. 500 for each additional element |
*Charges liable to change without notice
Custom services :
· Development of in-house quality control methods for herbal products
· Special trainings on herbal quality control to QC personnel in herbal industries
· Project work of MSc Chemistry/Biochemistry/Analytical Chemistry students