Ocimum Biosolutions has launched its mass spectrometry services using the Maldi-Tof system in India, where applications will include food and nutrition, molecular diagnostics and biopharmaceuticals.
The Maldi-Tof (matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionisation-time of flight) system provides reliable mass information with high sensitivity and output and reduces the need for individual assay optimisation for molecular identification and characterisation.
Ocimum said the most important benefit that the Maldi-Tof system offers is that it allows extremely small amounts of samples (10-12 to 10-15 molecules) to be characterised.
The company added that the Maldi-Tof system works out to be cheaper for large numbers of samples as it provides faster analysis times, allows high sample throughput, and is more accurate.
The Maldi-Tof system allows analysis of mixtures and different classes of biopolymers, including peptides, oligonucleotides, glycoconjugates, and synthetic polymers.
Ocimum has used Maldi-Tof services in day-to-day research solutions, project management and in providing biomolecules under GMP conditions with QC analysis.
Maldi-Tof has applications in industries such as food and nutrition, molecular diagnostics, environmental research and biopharmaceuticals.
