Advances in Phytochemicals: Extraction, Isolation, and Identification
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Chemical and Molecular Sciences".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2025 | Viewed by 631
Special Issue Editor
Interests: food; toxicology; natural products; phytochemistry; bioactive substances; antioxidants; volatile oils; chromatography; mass spectrometry; UV–Vis spectroscopy; infrared spectroscopy; environmental chemistry
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Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue is devoted to the most recent scientific advances regarding the extraction, isolation, and identification of phytochemicals. Phytochemicals are natural compounds of plant origin and comprise very diverse chemical classes, including carotenoids, polyphenols, alkaloids, terpenes and terpenoids, phytosterols, saponins, glucosinolates, anthocyanins, tannins, flavonoids, stilbenoids, polyacetylenes, and cuticular waxes, among others. Many of these have important biological activities not only in plants, where they serve as either primary or secondary metabolites, but also as part of human-targeted pharmaceuticals, nutraceuticals, or dietary supplements, e.g., atropine, quercetine, berberine, bromelain, curcumin, cannabidiol derivatives, etc. The separation and isolation of such valuable compounds from plant material are typically carried out by using extractive methods, which can be classical (solvent-based) or modern (ultrasound, microwave, supercritical fluid-based), and are often followed by sequential purification operations usually involving one or several versions of chromatography (CC, TLC, HPLC, and/or GC). After purification, the phytochemical is identified based on either the available literature, or, if novel, its structure is elucidated using an array of analytical methods, amongst which are NMR and mass spectrometry, UV–Vis, IR, and Raman spectroscopy, X-ray crystallography, and circular dichroism in cases where chiral compounds are expected. We welcome original research articles, literature reviews, and short communications on any recent developments in phytochemical research, such as those mentioned above, but not exclusively limited to them.
Yours sincerely,
Dr. Radu Racovita
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- plant natural products
- extraction methods
- isolation and purification
- structure elucidation
- nuclear magnetic resonance
- mass spectrometry
- circular dichroism
- X-ray crystallography
- spectroscopy
- chromatography
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