Mass Spectrometry-Based Approaches in Natural Products Research—2nd Edition
A special issue of Plants (ISSN 2223-7747). This special issue belongs to the section "Phytochemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2026 | Viewed by 30
Special Issue Editors
Interests: natural products chemistry; mass spectrometry; phytochemistry; analytical instrumentation
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Interests: natural products chemistry; organic chemistry; organic synthesis; pharmacology biochemistry
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Dear Colleagues,
Nowadays, mass spectrometry-based approaches represent the primary strategy driving rapid advances in natural product research, as they allow both the dereplication and quantification of bioactive compounds in plants. These metabolites, including alkaloids, flavonoids, and terpenoids, among others, play essential roles in diverse biological processes and are of great interest across multiple disciplines, such as plant biochemistry, molecular biology, plant biotechnology, food sciences, agriculture, horticulture, and beyond.
This 2nd Edition will focus on mass spectrometry-based strategies in natural product research, including hyphenated techniques such as liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry (LC–MS) and gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (GC–MS), as well as non-hyphenated approaches such as direct-injection mass spectrometry (DI-MS) and ambient ionization mass spectrometry (e.g., DESI, leaf spray, paper spray, LTP, etc.), which constitute powerful tools for the chemical investigation of biological samples. Analytical workflows combined with chemometric approaches are also encouraged, as well as studies exploring samples with promising biological activity or employing mass spectrometry imaging techniques to investigate the spatial distribution of metabolites.
Thus, we invite researchers to contribute articles that highlight the application of these analytical techniques across a wide range of natural product studies, from identifying known metabolites to developing innovative methodologies for the characterization of complex plant matrices.
In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome.
I look forward to receiving your contributions.
Prof. Dr. Felipe Moura Araújo da Silva
Dr. Rita De Cássia Saraiva Nunomura
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- phytochemistry
- dereplication
- LC-MS
- GC-MS
- DI-MS
- ambient ionization
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