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Concentration of selected metals in traditional and herbal teas
Brlíková, Eliška ; Křikala, Jakub (referee) ; Diviš, Pavel (advisor)
This thesis deals with determination of selected metals concentrations in loose green, black and herbal teas purchased in the Czech Republic and beyond. All samples were analyzed by ICP-OES. Most metals were not detected in the extracts. The final metal concentrations that have been detected in the tea extracts meet the legislative limits and do not bring a health risk to humans. The statistical processing of the measured results, based on different concentrations of selected elements, managed to distinguish the extracts from black and green teas.
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Determination of selected phenolic and volatile substances in tea and tea infusion
Stará, Kristýna ; Vítová, Eva (referee) ; Diviš, Pavel (advisor)
This diploma thesis deals with the determination of phenolic substances and volatile substances in teas and tea infusions. The work compares teas based on their production technology and country of origin. Phenolic substances were determined by LC / MS. Phenolic substances were divided into catechins and other substances. In methanol extracts, green teas contained higher concentrations of catechins than black teas. From the group of catechins, the highest concentration was found for epigallocatechin gallate in green tea, namely 7,96 mg / g. Black teas contained the most gallic acid of the studied teas. The highest content of gallic acid in black teas was set at 1,84 mg / g. Tea infusions were prepared according to the classic procedures typical for each type of tea. In the infusions, the concentrations of all substances were higher in black teas. Some substances such as gallocatechin gallate, quercetin, coumaric acid and kaempferol were not detected in the infusions of green tea. Volatiles were analyzed by HS-SPME-GC-MS. The aroma of the tea was characterized by the identification of volatile substances in tea leafs. The black teas were characterized by a rich floral and sweet aroma. The green teas were more of a fresh and grassy aroma. The substances linalool, linalyl anthranilate and -Terpinyl acetate were found in all teas.
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Business Plan
Horák, Lukáš ; Fischer, Jan (referee) ; Koudelková, Petra (advisor)
This thesis is focused on creating a bussines plan of Japanesse type tearoom. The theoretical part defines basic concepts such as business, entrepreneur, enterprise, business plan also includes distribution companies under legal forms in the Czech Republic, and insight into structuring a business plan. There are analyzes necessary for establishment in conclusion of the theoretical work. The practical part is focused on the preparation of the business plan itself tearoom in Kladno. There are all needed requisites of bussines plan, from baseline informations about company until financial statement.
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Antimicrobial effect of plant extracts
Konderla, Patrik ; Vespalcová, Milena (referee) ; Veselá, Mária (advisor)
The purpose of this bachelor thesis was to research the possible antimicrobial activity of various extracts of rosehip tea and also determine the antioxidant activity and the concentration of biologically active compounds (polyphenols and flavonoids) in these tea. Teoretical part describes basic information about plant Rosa canina and chemical composition of rosehips, summary of the natural biologically active compounds and general classification of tea. The practical part is focused on detection of antimicrobial activity of tea extracts against bacterial strains Serratia marcescens and Bacillus subtilis as well as spectrophotometrical determination of concentration polyphenols, flavonoids and overall antioxidant activity of these extracts. From the results flow the testing aqueous extracts rosehips tea analysed antimicrobial effects. Also was found, that these extracts has high content of polyphenols and flavonoids.
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Alternative beverages of probiotic character
Moravec, Štěpán ; Langová, Denisa (referee) ; Trachtová, Štěpánka (advisor)
Bachelor thesis deals with explanation of therm probiotics, properties of each probiotic bacteria genuses. preparation of coffee and tea, and also deals with probiotic coffee and tea and molekular diagostic methods which were used during bachelor thesis. There were used mikrobiological and molecular diagnostic methods for analysis of probiotic coffee and teas. Namely for confirmation of bacterial genus Bacillus and for confirmation of survavibility of Bacillus during high temperatures. Presence of bacterial DNA in samples of coffee and teas was confirmed by conventional PCR method and by real-time PCR method. Survibility of genus Bacillus during high temperaturewas confirmed by PMA-PCR method.
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Development of methods for genetic analysis of plant foods
Fialová, Lenka ; Brázda, Václav (referee) ; Doškař, Jiří (referee) ; Márová, Ivana (advisor)
Multiplex real-time PCR-HRM is an approach which has gained some attention in recent years. It has already found applications in clinical diagnostics and food authenticity and safety control. Compared to its corresponding singleplex PCR assays, an optimized multiplex PCR assay provides the same information in a fraction of time. First part of this work dealt with isolation of DNA from both fresh fruits and processed commercial products. Six different DNA isolation protocols were tested with fresh fruits – three silica column-based kits, two magnetic carrier-based kits and one conventional protocol. One method was chosen as the most suitable and was applied to DNA isolation from commercial products. These experiments also involved optimisation of the chosen method. The second part of this work was focused on the development of a triplex real-time PCR assay for simultaneous detection of blueberry, strawberry and raspberry, and its application on DNA isolated from commercial products. During DNA isolation, calcium chloride was shown to be a promising agent for removal of pectin from samples. In several samples, presence of raspberry DNA was confirmed by singleplex PCR. We found out that for accurate results of food analysis by this assay, further optimization of its parameters would be needed.
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