Application of Analytical Methods in Food, Drug, and Natural Products Research
A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Analytical Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2022) | Viewed by 52573
Special Issue Editors
Interests: chromatographic analysis; application of chemometrics to data analysis and optimization; quantitative structure–property relationship methodology; food analysis; food traceability
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Interests: data analysis; chemometrics; food analysis; data-fusion; spectroscopy; classification; variable selection; analytical chemistry
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Natural products, foods, and drugs are part of our daily lives, and, often, the boundary between one and another is blurred. Traditionally, natural products have been used as possible alternative to drugs, but they have attained increasing attention in the past few years. Today, natural products can be found in different areas, e.g., in cosmetics, for exploiting their potential beneficial effects, or in pharmaceutical formulations, for integrating possible deficiencies, to mention but a few fields of their application. Food can be viewed as a particular type of natural product. In fact, even in the gastronomic sector, there is growing interest in organic products, grown and harvested following environmentally friendly procedures. All this interest in high-quality foodstuffs and natural products highlights the awareness of their use and assumptions regarding salubrious effects on consumers. Despite the clear benefits food and natural products can provide, there are situations in which it is necessary to develop synthetic pharmaceutical drugs. Consequently, while, one the one hand, it is of interest to understand the characteristics and properties of food and natural products, on the other, it is still necessary for old and new drugs to be studied and developed, in order to have as many resources as possible for treating diseases and ailments. In light of these considerations, it is clear that analytical chemistry has a key role to play. In fact, it is its task to investigate these substances, to characterize their properties, and to evaluate any advantages or disadvantages of their intake.
The present Special Issue rests on this rationale and aims at collecting applications of analytical methodologies finalized for the characterization of food, natural products, and drugs. In light of this, the submission of research focused on the use of analytical tools to assess these is highly encouraged. If they cover the same area of interest, reviews providing an overview of the latest trends in this regard are also very welcome.
Prof. Dr. Angelo Antonio D’Archivio
Dr. Alessandra Biancolillo
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- food characterization
- food quality check
- natural products characterization
- natural products’ properties
- novel analytical methods in food/natural products analysis
- drugs characterization
- drugs quality check
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