Department of Chemistry

The department of chemistry of FAFNR is oriented to the education and research in the field of chemistry with particular focus on the chemistry of natural compounds in significant crops and food stuffs, contaminants in human living environments and food stuffs, wood chemistry, chemistry of fuels, lubricants and other specialised fields of applied chemistry.

The Department of Chemistry teaches in all faculties of the CUA except the Faculty of Economics and Management. Teaching comprises general, inorganic, analytical and organic chemistry, biochemistry, wood chemistry and many applied chemical subjects. In English, the department delivers Environmental Analytical Chemistry and Organic Chemistry, in the framework of the study programme Natural Resources and Environment. (Socrates-Erasmus). The department also teaches the doctoral study programme, Agricultural Chemistry, this programme includes: Special Analytical Chemistry, Chemistry of Natural Compounds and Special Biochemistry of Plants and Animals.

Several research activities undertaken at the department are bound to research projects conducted by FAFNR. They include: the analyses of agricultural materials and products of trace elements, (methods of their determination). Changes of the content of polyphenols, flavonoids, polyhydroxyacids, glycosides, antinutritional compounds and essential oils in selected drug plants. 
Agriculturally significant crops and foodstuffs, e.g. teas, fruit drinks and wines.
The determination and effect of pollutants and biostimulators important for certain important enzymes. The department monitors antioxidants of carotenoid, flavonoid, anthocyanidin and ascorbic acid types in selected kinds of vegetables and fruit, potatoes and cereals, study is focused on significant sources of these compounds in human nutrition. The investigation of biodegradable fuels and lubricants containing derivative rapeseed oil is another facet to the broad scope of this department. The Department of Chemistry houses the only laboratory in the Czech Republic dedicated to the particle analysis of exploited oils and the complex diagnostics of oils that aid the prevention of machine breakdowns. 

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Datum aktualizace: 14.10.2012