Special Issue "Identification and Characterization of Biologic Active Compounds from Different Fruits and Medicinal Plants"

Dear Colleagues,

Plant resources including different fruits and medicinal plants represent valuable sources of biologic active compounds that are traditionally used for the development of pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, functional foods, and food supplements. Due to the complexity of plant materials, characterization and identification of biologically active compounds extracted from fruits and medicinal plants require efficient, sensitive, and reliable analytical techniques able to confirm and elucidate the chemical structure of bioactive compounds.

This Special Issue will cover a selection of recent research topics related but not limited to (i) the extraction, separation, and isolation of bioactive compounds (polyphenolic compounds, volatile compounds, organic acids, triterpenic acids, amino acids, etc.) from different fruits and medicinal plants; (ii) the main analytical techniques used for the analysis of bioactive compounds (chromatographic, mass spectrometric, spectroscopic), method development, omics approaches; (ii) recovery of bioactive compounds from byproducts resulting from fruit and medicinal plant processing.

Therefore, it is our pleasure to invite you to contribute your research article, short communication, or review to this Special Issue dedicated to identification and characterization of biologically active compounds from different fruits and medicinal plants.

Dr. Elisabeta Irina Geana
Dr. Carmen Lidia Chitescu
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

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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.

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• Active principles
• Polyphenolic compounds
• Volatile compounds
• Organic acids
• Medicinal plants
• Fruits
• Extraction, isolation and purification
• Chromatography
• Mass spectrometry
• Spectroscopy
• Chemometrics