Advanced Analytical Tools for Characterization and Quality Control of Food, Drugs, and Natural Active Ingredients, 3rd Edition
A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Analytical Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 2058
Special Issue Editors
Interests: data analysis; chemometrics; food analysis; data-fusion; spectroscopy; classification; variable selection; analytical chemistry
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Interests: chromatographic analysis; application of chemometrics to data analysis and optimization; quantitative structure–property relationship methodology; food analysis; food traceability
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In recent years, we have witnessed notable advancements of analytical methodologies, which can be attributed to two key factors: the emergence of innovative instruments and their synergic combination with chemometrics.
As a result, there is now a wealth of readily accessible informative data, demanding the use of more sophisticated tools. The aim of this Special Issue, ‘Advanced Analytical Tools for Characterization and Quality Control of Food, Drugs, and Natural Active Ingredients, 3rd Edition’ is to collate research on the innovative techniques specifically designed for the characterization, authentication, and tracking of high-value products—such as food, beverages, natural active components, and pharmaceutical drugs—by combining analytical methods with chemometrics. We also encourage submissions of reviews that provide critical analyses of the latest tools in this research domain.
Dr. Alessandra Biancolillo
Dr. Angelo Antonio D'Archivio
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- authentication
- classification
- pharmaceutical drugs
- food
- quality control
- natural products
- geographical origin
- chemometrics
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