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Protein Digestibility via Megazyme K-PDCAAS

Instrument(s)PurposePhoto
Chemical assay

To determine Protein Digestibility Corrected Amino Acid Score (PDCAAS) value.

Protein digestibility is conducted to determine in-vitro digestibility measurement of the Animal-Safe Accurate Protein Quality Score.
 

 

Image showing a Megazyme PDCAAS kit
BioTek Synergy HTTo measure absorbance of protein samples during the protein digestibility assay
Image showing a BioTek Synergy HT microplate reader unit

Amino Acid Analysis

Instrument(s)PurposePhoto
CEM MARS6 microwave digestion unitTo rapidly digest protein samples under acid and alkaline conditions
MARS6
Shimadzu Nexera Series Ultra High Performance Liquid Chromatograph (UPLC)To determine the amino acid composition in plant protein samples
Image showing a Shimadzu Nexera UPLC for amino acid analysis