Plant components are the various chemical components in plants, such as proteins, fats, sugars, and vitamins. The content and proportion of plant components play an important role in the growth and development of plants. Lifeasible focuses on serving the fields of plant nutrition, vegetable science, food quality and safety, environmental science, human health, and other related fields, and we can provide testing services for proteins, carbohydrates, pigments, and other specific components contained in a variety of fruits, vegetables, legumes, and medicinal herbs.
We can carry out the detection of many species, including various fruits, vegetables, beans, medicinal herbs, etc. Our laboratory has a mature and complete system for strict and high-standard quality control. Our accurate detection results can help plant scientists and farmers understand the growth status and metabolic characteristics of plants, formulate scientific planting plans, and improve plant productivity and quality.
The following are the testing items we provide, including but not limited to:
Item Category | Service Name | Testing Method | |
Carbohydrates and related | Carbohydrate | Total soluble sugar | Anthrone colorimetric method |
Reducing sugar | DNS colorimetry | ||
Polysaccharide | Phenol-sulfuric acid colorimetric method | ||
Total sugar | Acid hydrolysis - phenol method | ||
Sugar components (glucose, fructose, and sucrose) | Anthrone colorimetric method | ||
Soluble solids | Refraction | ||
Starch | Total starch | Acid hydrolysis method-DNS determination | |
Soluble starch | Iodine chromogenic method | ||
Amylose | Single wave iodine chromogenic method | ||
Amylose and amylopectin | Dual wavelength colorimetry | ||
Cellulose | Cellulose | Anthrone-sulfuric acid colorimetric method | |
Hemicellulose | Hydrochloric acid hydrolysis | ||
Lignin | Acid hydrolysis titration | ||
Crude fiber | Washing method | ||
Neutral / acid detergent fiber | Paradigm wash | ||
Total dietary / Soluble/ Insoluble dietary fiber | Enzyme Gravimetric Method | ||
Pectin | Soluble pectin / Protopectin/Total pectin | Spectrophotometry | |
Proteins, amino acids, and related | Protein | Soluble protein | Coomassie brilliant blue colorimetry |
Crude protein/total nitrogen | Kjeldahl method | ||
Protein components (albumin, globulin, alcohol protein, gluten) | Colorimetry | ||
Amino acid | Proline / Lysine/ Total free amino acids | Ninhydrin colorimetric method | |
Organic extract | Crude fat | Soxhlet extraction | |
Oil content | Soxhlet extraction | ||
Acid value | Cold solvent automatic potentiometric titration | ||
Peroxide value | Titration or potentiometric titration | ||
Benzyl alcohol extract | Gravimetric method | ||
Plant hormones | 6 major categories of plant hormones, including growth hormone, gibberellin, cytokinin, abscisic acid, jasmonic acid, salicylic acid | External standard method / Isotope internal standard method | |
Organic acid | Oxalic acid | Salicylic acid-iron complex colorimetric method | |
Titratable acids / Total organic acids | Acid-base titration | ||
Alkaloids | Total alkaloids | Acid dye colorimetry | |
Nicotine | Potassium permanganate colorimetric method | ||
Betaine | Reye's salt colorimetry | ||
Caffeine | Colorimetry | ||
Chlorophyll | Chlorophyll a / Chlorophyll b / Total Chlorophyll | Ethanol extraction-colorimetric determination | |
Carotene | Total carotenoids | Ethanol extraction-colorimetric determination | |
β-carotene / Lycopene | Sudan red colorimetric method | ||
Flavonoid pigments | Anthocyanin | Colorimetry | |
Proantho cyanidins | Vanillin-hydrochloric acid method | ||
Lutein | Colorimetry | ||
Anthocyanins | Differential method | ||
Total flavonoids / Flavonoids / Isoflavones | Colorimetry | ||
Phenols | Total phenols/total polyphenols/tea polyphenols | Folinol colorimetric method | |
Gossypol | Aniline colorimetry | ||
Catechin | Hydrochloric acid-vanillin colorimetric method | ||
Tannin | Colorimetric method / Phosphomolybdic acid-phosphotungstic acid colorimetric method | ||
Vitamins | Vitamin E | Reagent test kit | |
Vitamin P | Colorimetry | ||
Vitamin C | Colorimetry / 2.6-Dichloroindophenol Titration | ||
Others | Nitrate / Nitrite | Colorimetry | |
Saponins | Colorimetry | ||
Fruit firmness | Fruit Hardness Tester | ||
Glucosinolates (glucosinolates) | Endogenous enzyme method | ||
Total triterpenes | Colorimetry | ||
Root vitality | Triphenyltetrazolium chloride (TTC) method | ||
Triterpenes and sterols | Colorimetry | ||
Ash / Water soluble ash/ Water insoluble ash / Acid insoluble ash | Quality method | ||
Water extract | Hot dip method | ||
Gluten | Washing method | ||
Moisture content/dry matter | Constant weight method | ||
relative conductivity | pH/pH electrode method | ||
Phytic acid | Spectrophotometry | ||
Capsaicin | Sodium nitrite colorimetric method | ||
Beet red pigment | Water extraction | ||
Amaranth | Ethanol extraction direct colorimetry | ||
Glycogen / Monosaccharides | Colorimetry | ||
Nitrate nitrogen | Salicylic acid method | ||
Surface wax, keratin | Gas Chromatography / Mass Spectrometry(GC-MS) |
As an expert in crop nutrition evaluation, Lifeasible provides customers with comprehensive solutions for research on specialty ingredients of plant materials. We hope that our products and technology can satisfy our customers. We look forward to your inquiry. For more information, please contact us.
Lifeasible has established a one-stop service platform for plants. In addition to obtaining customized solutions for plant genetic engineering, customers can also conduct follow-up analysis and research on plants through our analysis platform. The analytical services we provide include but are not limited to the following: