Extraction and Analysis of Active Ingredients from Natural Products

Dear Colleagues,

Active ingredients in natural products are receiving increasing attention around the world, mainly as a result of their close relationship with human wellness. Extraction and analysis are considered to be two important aspects for improving the quality and application of active ingredients in natural products. This Special Issue focuses on the methods employed in the extraction, separation and analysis of active ingredients in natural products. Manuscripts should focus on—but are not limited to—the following topics:

• Extraction methods, such as ultrasound-assisted extraction, microwave assisted extraction, high pressure assisted extraction, and supercritical fluid extraction.
• Separation methods, including membrane separation, column chromatography, molecular imprinting technique and crystallization.
• Chromatographic based analysis, such as HPLC, GC, LC-MS, and GC-MS.
• Non-chromatographic methods, including chemiluminescence and Raman spectroscopic techniques.
• Computational modelling of separations.

Original research papers, reviews and short communications are welcome.

Dr. Zeyu Wu
Prof. Dr. An Zhou
Dr. Shudong He
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 250 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for assessment.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Separations is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2600 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.