Laboratorio Química Agronómica de México

Services

Instrumental Laboratory.
Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer:
Determination of soil fertility, foliar analyses, determination of heavy metals.
Determinations are as follows:

  • Copper
  • Iron
  • Manganese
  • Magnesio
  • Calcium
  • Potassium
  • Sodium
  • Zinc
  • Arsenic
  • Mercury
  • Selenium
  • Antimonium
  • Tellurium
  • Bismuth
  • Tin

Mass spectrometer:
Identification and quantification of small molecules, such as pesticide residues and antibiotic metabolites.
Applications:
Pharmaceutical:

  • Discovery of new drugs and bioequivalence.
  • Identification of metabolites.

Food and Drink:

  • Analysis of veterinarian drugs, antibiotics, and pesticide residues.
  • Detection and quantification of mycotoxins.

Environmental:

  • Identification of agrochemical metabolites in environmental samples.
  • Quantitative analyses of pesticides in water, soil, and food.

High Performance Liquid Chromatograph HPLC:
Qualitative and quantitative analyses of known molecules or biological compounds such as antibiotics, enzymes, amino acids, vitamins, carbohydrates, and alcohols.

Fermentation Area

  • Development of biotechnological processes at laboratory and pilot plant levels.
  • Design and optimization of growing media.
  • Escalation studies.
  • Assimilation of biological technologies.
  • Production of metabolites of concern at experimental level for evaluation and/or commercialization.

 

Separation and Purification Area
Separation and purification studies of biological products at experimental level using different unitary operations.
Spray dryer:
Drying of biological products: proteins, amino acids, enzymes, antibiotics, carbohydrates, microbial biomass.
Food products: whey, milk, coffee, flavorings, dyes, organic acids, fruit extracts, fruit concentrates, meat extracts.
Filtration:
Isolation of metabolites of mycelial origin using a filter press.
Clarification of biological fluids.
Centrifugation:
Isolation of microbial metabolites and biomasses by centrifugation.
Clarification of biological fluids.

Environmentally Friendly Company

Química Agronómica de México is well aware of the great changes taking place on planet earth. So let’s jointly start filling it with life again!