Progress in Volatile Organic Compounds Research II

Dear Colleagues,

Following the success of the Special Issue “Progress in Volatile Organic Compound Research”, in which 15 research papers were published, we have decided it is both timely and pertinent to launch a second edition. Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) have been intensively investigated in recent years from different origins: plant/marine algae secondary metabolites, food/beverage aroma, fungal/bacterial volatiles, and others. Naturally occurring VOCs are a more or less complex mixture of monoterpenes, sesquiterpenes, norisoprenoids, aliphatic/aromatic compounds, sulfur or nitrogen containing compounds, and others. They are formed through different biochemical pathways and could be modified or created (artefacts) during drying or maturation, thermal treatment, and others. Different conventional or innovative methods of VOC isolation followed by analysis with chromatographic and spectroscopic techniques (most often mass spectrometry) provide different VOC chemical profiles. Chemical biomarkers of botanical origin or chemotaxonomic markers or essential oil chemotypes can be found. Among others, ecological interactions are mediated by VOCs (inter- and intraorganismic communication), and they can act as pheromones, attractants or alleochemicals. Many VOCs possess different biological activities, such as antioxidant, antimicrobial, antiviral, anticancer, and others.

Although the successful previous issue did a great job in covering many of these issues, there is still a great need to report VOCs from different sources and to discover and communicate their distribution, chemical profiles or individual compounds. This Special Issue “Progress in Volatile Organic Compound Research II” aims to attract up-to-date contributions on all aspects of VOC chemistry (from challenges in their isolation/extraction, analysis/structure determination to synthesis) and on unlocking their biological activities or other useful properties.

Prof. Dr. Igor Jerković
Guest Editor

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