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Protein Digestibility via Megazyme K-PDCAAS

Instrument(s)Purpose

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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 HT

 

To measure absorbance of protein samples during the protein digestibility assay

Image showing a BioTek Synergy HT microplate reader unit

Amino Acid Analysis

Instrument(s)Purpose

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CEM MARS6 microwave digestion unit

 

To 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