AppRidge is a company providing consultation and structure characterization support services for carbohydrates from fungal cell walls by partnering with highly qualified analytical laboratories, both domestically and internationally, for specific analytical technique services, for example, NMR, GC/MS, GPC/MALLS, AFM and SPR. AppRidge serves as a central contact point for access to numerous structural and physico-chemical characterization techniques. Instrument time is purchased in external laboratories with interpretation and report preparation accomplished by AppRidge International personnel. In some cases interpretation and report preparation are accomplished in the external laboratory possessing unique expertise in the technique employed.