Applications of Chromatographic Techniques in Biological, Food and Environmental Samples

Dear Colleagues,

In the last century, chromatography has evolved in many ways and has contributed to enlarging scientific knowledge about our world. Since the first applications made by Tswett, significant changes have occurred in the equipment, detector, and column technology. Moreover, sample preparation has also evolved towards simple, greener, miniaturized and less expensive methods, being an essential aspect of chromatography in the development of new analytical methodologies.

Nowadays, chromatography is a powerful analytical tool that enables researchers to determine pollutants and drugs at trace levels, and also to identify new compounds and to characterize the composition of different matrices, such as biological, food and environmental samples. The number of analytes reported in the literature is increasing annually, with many of them present at low concentrations, making the analysis of samples evermore challenging.

This Special Issue is intended to provide a forum for reporting state-of-the-art developments of chromatographic techniques and sample preparation in biological, food, and environmental samples considering a broad perspective from experts in the fields of biomonitoring, food quality, food safety, health, and environmental research.

We invite researchers to contribute to this Special Issue with original research articles and reviews on a few pertinent topics, including but not limited to:

- Biomonitoring

- Food quality

- Food safety

- Health

- Micropollutants

- Endocrine disruptors

- Pesticides

- Pharmaceuticals

- Environmental samples

- Biological samples characterization

Prof. Dr. Valentina Fernandes Domingues
Prof. Dr. Manuela Correia
Guest Editors

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