Chemical Profiling and Authentication of Plant Derived Products
A special issue of Plants (ISSN 2223-7747). This special issue belongs to the section "Phytochemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 June 2027 | Viewed by 131
Editors
Interests: green extraction processes; supercritical fluids; bioactive compounds; medicinal plants; valorization of agricultural waste
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Interests: gas chromatography; mass spectrometry; multivariate analysis; cereals, pseudocereals and industrial plants; functional food; authenticity; food 3D printing
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Plant-derived products, including foods, beverages, herbal medicines, nutraceuticals, cosmetics, essential oils and extracts, are increasingly valued for their nutritional, therapeutic, and commercial importance. However, globalization of supply chains and growing market demand have heightened concerns regarding product authenticity, quality, and traceability. Advanced chemical profiling techniques offer powerful tools for characterizing the complex chemical composition of plant-based materials and verifying their origin and purity.
This Special Issue focuses on recent advances in the chemical profiling and authentication of plant-derived products. We welcome original research, reviews, and methodological studies employing state-of-the-art analytical approaches such as green extractions, chromatography, mass spectrometry (GC-MS and LC-MS), nuclear magnetic resonance, spectroscopy, metabolomics, chemometrics, and machine learning. Topics of interest include identification of chemical markers, geographic and botanical origin determination, detection of adulteration and contamination, quality control, authentication of herbal products, and development of robust analytical workflows for regulatory and industrial applications.
The collection will serve as a valuable platform for advancing scientific understanding and practical solutions in the authentication and quality assessment of plant-derived products.
Dr. Nataša Nastić
Dr. Kristian Pastor
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- metabolomics
- chemometrics
- green extractions
- chemical fingerprinting
- adulteration detection
- quality control
- traceability
- phytochemical analysis
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