Welcome to Mylnefield Analysis

Mylnefield Analysis is the gateway to a comprehensive range of analytical services delivered by Mylnefield Research Services, the commercial subsidiary of the Scottish Crop Research Institute.

Whatever your analytical needs, whether it be the analysis of lipids in blood, determining the authenticity of wines and spirits, fingerprinting complex populations of micro-organisms in water or measuring heavy metals in soils, contact us for a competitive quote. Our highly-trained analysts, operating in well-equipped state-of-the-art facilities, will be happy to discuss your specific requirements.

All of our services are accredited to ISO 19001:2000 and Mylnefield Lipid Analysis can work to GCP and GLP standards if requested. We are currently upgrading our quality systems so that we can also undertake work to GMP if required. All of our services are backed up by world-leading scientists working at SCRI who can assist in the development of new analytical methods and can provide expert interpretation of results.

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26 August 2010
SCRI hosts Autumn Meeting of the FIRMS Steering Group.
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04 August 2010
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23 June 2010
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30 April 2010
Stable Isotopes in historical research
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28 April 2010
“History Cold Case”
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22 April 2010
Stable Isotopes in Environmental Forensics.
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15 February 2010
Dr Bill Christie wins AOCS Research Award.
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12 November 2009
New Book from Dr. Wolfram Meier-Augenstein - Stable Isotope Forensics: An Introduction to the Forensic Application of Stable Isotope Analysis
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Food and Drink

Stability and Shelf life

Healthy oils

Oil and fat content

Trans fats analysis

Cholesterol and other sterols

Authenticity and origin

Nutriceuticals

Stability and Shelf life

Phospholipids

Omega-3 content

Polyphenols and antioxidants

CLA content

Authenticity and origin

Pharmaceuticals

Triacylglycerol structural analysis

Phospholipids

Glycolipids and ether lipids

Uncommon lipids

Sterols (inc. cholesterol and tocopherols)

Compound specific stable isotope studies

Personal care

Stability of skin care formulations

Shelf life of skin care formulations

Lipd class profiling of sebum and skin lipid samples

Squalene content measurements

Vitamin E content

Polyphenols and antioxidants

Biofuels

Physical properties

Oxidation stability

Acid values

Iodine numbers

Ester content

Mono, di and tri-glyceride content

Agriculture

Oil content of seeds

Physical properties of seed oils

Fatty acid profiling of seed oils

Plant breeding programmes

Fertilizer optimisation

Soil microorganism profiling

Agbiotech

Lipd class profiles

Lipidomics

Field trials

Glasshouse trials

Plant transformation research

Plant molecular markers

Environmental

Food web analysis

Nutrient uptake studies

Water cycle tracing

Environmental stressors

Waterborne microorganism profiling

Nematode testing

Forensics

Human provenancing

Human remains timelines

Bone sample analysis (collagen & bioapatite

Hair & nail analysis

Drugs

Fibres

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