Special Issue "Purification of Plant Extracts"

Dear Colleagues,

Separation is one of the chemical reactions that occurs between compounds and solid phases and/or mobile phases. Their combinations are infinite, and every compound should be separated into single pure form. We are happy to invite papers outlining examples of compounds and their separation methods in the journal Separation.

In addition to this, plants are well recognized as one of the biggest resources of active compounds used as medicines and functional foods. There are various plants yet to be investigated for other novel compounds.

Thus, this Special Issue of Separation is focused on the purification of bioactive natural products from plant resources as well as analytical methods using various chromatography approaches, including GC and HPLC. Papers on the isolation and structural determination of novel compounds of plant origin as well as on their analytical methods are welcome for submission.

Dr. Kazuya Murata
Guest Editor

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 papers will be 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 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

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 1800 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.