Applications of Chromatographic Separation Techniques in Food and Chemistry—Third Edition

A special issue of Processes (ISSN 2227-9717). This special issue belongs to the section "Separation Processes".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 October 2026 | Viewed by 393

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Dear Colleagues,

This is the third edition of our successful Special Issue, titled "Applications of Chromatographic Separation Techniques in Food and Chemistry".

This Special Issue, “Applications of Chromatographic Separation Techniques in Food and Chemistry—Third Edition”, aims to curate novel advances in the development and application of chromatographic separation techniques in food and chemical analyses. Topics of interest for this Special Issue include, but are not limited to the following:

  • Chromatographic techniques used in ascertaining food quality and authenticity;
  • Chromatographic analysis of food additives, including food preservatives, antioxidants, sweeteners, colors, etc.;
  • Basic research and applications of chromatographic techniques in chemistry;
  • Application of chromatographic techniques in pharmaceutical analysis;
  • The development of new chromatographic methods in the analysis of food and chemical compounds, including bioactive molecules;
  • Chromatography as a separation technique useful in the chemical process industry; for analysis, isolation, and purification of various chemical compounds as the components of small- and large-scale production.

Original research papers as well as reviews related to the abovementioned areas are most welcome.

Prof. Dr. Alina Pyka
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Keywords

  • chromatographic techniques (GC, HPLC, TLC, TLC-densitometry)
  • food components
  • food quality
  • chemical analysis
  • analysis of bioactive compounds
  • pharmaceutical analysis
  • separation techniques

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Aristolochic Acid I Adsorption onto Medicinally Activated Carbon: Assessment of Analytical Detection, Removal, and Method Greenness
by Maria-Alexandra Pricop, Camelia Oprean, Alexandra Teodora Lukinich-Gruia, Alexandra Ivan, Virgil Păunescu and Călin Adrian Tatu
Processes 2026, 14(8), 1217; https://doi.org/10.3390/pr14081217 - 10 Apr 2026
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(1) Background: Aristolochia spp. are plants spread around the world and are cautiously used for medicinal purposes due to their toxic compounds. Because of their content of aristolochic acid I (AAI), a major carcinogenic compound, these plant preparations can cause acute and chronic [...] Read more.
(1) Background: Aristolochia spp. are plants spread around the world and are cautiously used for medicinal purposes due to their toxic compounds. Because of their content of aristolochic acid I (AAI), a major carcinogenic compound, these plant preparations can cause acute and chronic kidney disease, which is associated with cancer. These compounds also contaminate the environment where Aristolochia plants grow, leading to indirect exposure of the population. (2) Methods: The study provides a practical solution for minimizing the toxic effects of AAI using activated charcoal (AC). An ultra-high-pressure liquid chromatography (UHPLC) coupled with a diode array detector (DAD) was used for the AAI qualitative and quantitative evaluation at different time points. Also, the greenness of the chromatographic analysis was evaluated with the AGREE method. (3) Results: A medical pill of 250 mg AC removed 125 µg/mL AAI from a methanolic solution in 30 min with 97.65% efficiency. The greenness for the analytical evaluation was 58%. (4) Conclusions: This study offers, for the first time, a low-cost medical and environmental solution for AAI contamination. The UHPLC–DAD method seems to be an environmentally responsible platform for the AAI routine analysis. AC shows efficient removal, which could be used both for Aristolochia sp. pharmaceutical preparations as well as in environmental decontamination. Full article
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