Lipidomics, Proteomics, and Cultural Heritage

For years, the human activity left material traces of its creative intelligence. Art or archaeological remains are discovered, preserved and studied revealing us, as a real evidence of a period, invaluable historical, socio-economic and cultural arguments. However, the precise study of organic material in cultural heritage pieces is a real analytical challenge, i.e., the samples are denatured for years by external conditions and ageing, the organic material is included in complex structures. The smallest sample size is required for analysis to preserve the integrity of the object. We propose here new developments based on proteomics and lipidomics techniques to identify precisely the organic material present in cultural heritage artefacts.

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