Recent Advances in Flavors and Fragrances
A topical collection in Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This collection belongs to the section "Natural Products Chemistry".
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Dear Colleagues,
Flavors and fragrances find widespread applications in food, beverages, cosmetics, detergents, and pharmaceutical products. Industrially, world-wide production is estimated to be valued at US$ 20 billion.
The majority of these products are prepared through chemical synthesis or by extraction from plants. However, the employment of new biotechnological processes has increased considerably in the last few years. Because different enantiomers of chiral odorants, flavors or fragrances can show different sensorial properties (in terms of odor quality and/or intensity), their specific synthesis is valuable. Recently, much effort in R&D has been devoted to the identification of the active enantiomers of potent odorants and to their efficient chiral synthesis. In this context, biotechnology (biotransformations using microorganisms and isolated enzymes) represents a useful tool for catalyzing a large number of stereochemical transformations. Furthermore, all major facets of society and economic activities support the choice of environmentally friendly processes, and consumers have developed a preference for ‘natural’ or ‘organic’ products, thus developing a market for flavors and fragrances of biotechnological origin.
For this issue, we would like to publish original research articles or reviews on all aspects of flavor and fragrance, including isolation and sampling, chemical analyses, preparation, and delivery systems. Articles covering a wide range of topics, such as flavors, fragrances, aromas, essential oils, volatiles, biosynthesis, biotransformation, biotechnology, biological activities, biodegradation, computer-aided flavors, and fragrances design are welcomed for inclusion in this Topical Collection of Molecules.
This Topical Collection will offer an attractive forum for academia as well as for industry to present the state of the art on all aspects of flavors and fragrances. I strongly encourage authors to submit papers for this Topical Collection, within the scope of Molecules.
Prof. Dr. Luca Forti
Collection Editor
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Keywords
- flavors
- fragrances
- aroma
- essential oil
- isolation and sampling
- chemical analysis
- chiral recognition
- synthesis
- biotechnology
- biotransformation
- biocatalysis
- delivery system
- computer aided design