Lipid Analysis of Manduca Sexta Midgut

Pictures

Our victim: the tobacco hornworm (Manduca Sexta)

Huong's dissecting the LIVE worm

The lipid group, extracting the midgut.

Here's Lien homogenizing the guts.

Kristin and Jenny adding 1 mL nanopure water

Lien preparing the TLC plate

The TLC Chamber

The gas chromatograph for analyzing the fatty acids