Course detail
Food Analysis II
FCH-MC_ACP2Acad. year: 2022/2023
Contemporary hot issue of food analysis covers: Safety of food consumption from point of view of an undesirable contaminants of inorganic and organic origin. The field of study with addition covers occurence of toxins and hormones, dangerous diseases of BSE, parasitic, bacterial and virus origin and their detection; genitically modified food, authenticity and falsification of food, detection methods.
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Course curriculum
2. DNA analysis for the identification of animal / plant substances in food
3. PCR for the identification of food ingredients
4. Spectroscopy I
5. Spectroscopy II
6. Separation Methods I
7. Separation Methods II
8. Analysis of allergens, enzyme analysis
9. Food Authenticity I
10. Food Authenticity II
11. Analysis of contaminants in food
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Basic literature
Králová B., Fukal L., Rauch P, Ruml T: Bioanalytické metody, VŠCHT Praha 2001 (CS)
Recommended reading
Nollet, Leo M. L., Siddiqi, K. S, Fingerprinting techniques in food authentication and traceability, CRC Press, 2019, ISBN 9781138197671 (EN)
Pico Y.: Food toxicants analysis: Techniques, strategies and development. Elsevier, Amsterdam 2007. (EN)
Classification of course in study plans
- Programme NKCP_CHTP Master's
branch NKCO_CHTP , 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory
- Programme NPCP_CHTP Master's
branch NPCO_CHTP , 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory
- Programme NPCP_PCHBT Master's 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory
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Guided consultation in combined form of studies
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