Herbal, Phytochemical & Natural Products Laboratory

This laboratory category supports research on medicinal plants, herbal ingredients, botanical extracts and natural product formulations.

Relevant equipment may include:

• Soxhlet extraction apparatus
• Rotary evaporator
• Heating mantles
• Laboratory hot plates
• Water baths
• Mechanical shakers
• Centrifuges
• Laboratory grinders and pulverizers
• Sieves and sieve shakers
• TLC developing chambers
• UV viewing chamber for TLC analysis
• Analytical balances
• Moisture determination equipment
• Microscopes
• pH meters

These facilities can support extraction process development, preliminary phytochemical investigations, botanical material examination, extract concentration and herbal formulation development.