Innovative Extraction Techniques and Hyphenated Instrument Configuration for Complex Matrices Analysis

Dear Colleagues,

Techniques that can be employed to accelerate extractions, work up, and isolation/purification of the products/metabolites, may be of interest both in the fields of natural products (food, plants, plant-derived products) and in analytical chemistry (biological matrices, clinical trials, sample preparation). In the last few years, the development of innovative procedures has deeply impacted the work of chemists.

The present Special Issue, “Innovative Extraction Techniques and Hyphenated Instrument Configuration for Complex Matrices Analysis”, aims to collect and to disseminate some of the most significant and recent contributions in the interdisciplinary area of innovative extraction procedures from complex matrices followed by validated analytical methods using hyphenated instrument configurations to support the optimization of the whole process and the scale-up possibility.

The scope is broad and includes the use of alternative (green) and/or innovative extraction techniques, optimization of the corresponding parameters by means of experimental design, development of proper solvents (ionic liquids, deep eutectic solvents, cyclodextrins), extract fractioning on the basis of specific biological activities, knowledge of the target structures in order to pursue a targeted analysis, and evaluation of the stability of intermediates/final products.

Accepted paper (both reviews and research papers) could be in the field of: - extraction procedures - hyphenated techniques - food and food supplements analyses - biological analyses - chemometric approaches. Eventually all related to specific biological activities observed.

- Abstract submission     February 2018

- Paper submission     31 May 2018

- Revision (Reviewer)     end of June 2018

- Revised version     end of July 2018

- Final proof     first days of September 2018

Prof. Dr. Marcello Locatelli
Prof. Dr. Simone Carradori
Dr. Andrei Mocan
Guest Editors

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