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Best practices for sample preparation & lipid extraction from various samples

Lipids play a structural role in organisms, forming cells and organelles’ membranes. Not only do they store energy, but recent studies also showed their role as first and second messengers in signal transduction. As they are implicated in widespread pathologies such as cancer or inflammation, they have become a major concern for the scientific community.

Here, we present three case studies highlighting the usefulness of the Precellys® homogenizer combined with the Cryolys® cooling unit for sample preparation prior to lipid extraction.

All you need to know about:

• Drosophila homogenization for lipid analysis
• Lipid hydroperoxides (LPO) extraction from tumor and non-tumor rat tissues
• High-throughput lipid extraction for the analysis of human brain lipids