Dear Colleagues,

In the last decade, the study of functional foods has experienced enormous growth due to their positive effects on human health attributed to some of the bioactive compounds they contain. Products such as red berries, cocoa and dark chocolate, pulses, tea, wine, fresh fruits, garlic, red pepper, turmeric, ginger, and curry are rich in active phytochemicals, including carotenoids, flavonoids, phenolic acids, stilbenoids, coumarins, indoles, lignans, organosulfures, saponins, anthraquinones, and ginsenosides that may help to prevent some diseases.

This featured Special Issue of Separations is entitled “Characterization of Functional Foods by Chromatographic and Electrophoretic Methods”. The topic is focused on the analysis of functional foods by chromatographic and electrophoretic methods, also covering sample pretreatments for the recovery and purification of active molecules. Furthermore, the identification and structural elucidation of unknown compounds with potential bioactivity using chromatography coupled to tandem mass spectrometric will be of interest.

Manuscripts submitted to this issue will undergo a rigorous peer review process, and decisions will be taken based on reports from independent reviewers.

Best regards,

Prof. Dr. Javier Saurina
Guest Editor

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• food ingredients
• bioactive compounds
• extraction
• chemical analysis
• chromatography
• electrophoresis method
• mass spectrometry
• separation technology