15 September 2020
Human exposure to microplastics contained in food has become a significant concern owing to the increasing accumulation of microplastics in the environment. In this paper, we summarize the presence of microplastics in food and the analytical methods...
The generic term “melanin“ describes a black pigment of biological origin, although some melanins can be brown or even yellow. The pigment is characterized as a heterogenic polymer of phenolic or indolic nature, and the classification of...
Fragrance allergens are widely used in cosmetics and personal care products to make them more attractive to consumers. However, their presence has raised increasing concerns due to their potential to induce allergic contact dermatitis and other adver...
Melatonin, an indoleamine crucial for regulating circadian rhythms, sleep–wake cycles, and immune–endocrine homeostasis, is present in biological fluids at extremely low concentrations, making its quantification analytically challenging....
Salivary calcium is a biologically plausible but methodologically challenging biomarker because of its central role in enamel demineralization/remineralization, dental calculus formation, and oral mineral homeostasis. This narrative review summarizes...
The release of the FDA’s guidance on Process Analytical Technology has motivated and supported the pharmaceutical industry to deliver consistent quality medicine by acquiring a deeper understanding of the product performance and process interpl...
Water-soluble organic aerosols (OA) are an important component of air particles and one of the key drivers that impact both climate and human health. Understanding the processes involving water-soluble OA depends on how well the chemical composition...
Multivalent meningococcal conjugate vaccines are a significant focus for the scientific community in light of the WHO’s mission to defeat meningitidis by 2030. Well-known meningococcal vaccines such as MenAfriVac, Nimenrix, Menveo, and MenQuadf...
Over the years, computation has become a fundamental part of the scientific practice in several research fields that goes far beyond the boundaries of natural sciences. Data mining, machine learning, simulations and other computational methods lie to...
Endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) are xenobiotics presented in a variety of everyday products that may disrupt the normal activity of hormones. Exposure to bisphenol A as EDC at trace and ultra-trace levels is associated with adverse health effec...
Wakes generated by upstream turbines in an offshore wind farm severely reduce the efficiency and power output of downstream turbines. Wind farm layout optimization offers a way to alleviate these negative impacts, where the main challenge lies in acc...
Harmful algal blooms pose a challenge regarding food safety due to their erratic nature and forming circumstances which are yet to be disclosed. The best strategy to protect human consumers is through legislation and monitoring strategies. Global war...
Mushroom-related intoxications pose a distinctive challenge for forensic medicine because early manifestations are non-specific, latency may be prolonged, and co-exposures can obscure the mechanism of death. This narrative review summarizes key toxic...
In the current scenario of universal accessibility of data, organisations face highly complex challenges related to integrating and processing diverse sets of data in order to meet their analytical needs. This review paper analyses traditional and in...
Microplastics (MPs) are increasingly recognized as widespread environmental contaminants, with confirmed presence in human tissues and biological fluids through ingestion, inhalation, and direct systemic exposure. Their potential impacts on human hea...
The present review aims to discuss the importance of a multidisciplinary approach in cultural heritage and archaeometry investigations. The analytical methods used to identify and characterize “Green Stones” are discussed as an example. I...
Volatile sulfur compounds (VSCs) are a subgroup of plant volatile organic compounds (VOCs) that are chemically reactive and sensory-active. In tomato (Solanum lycopersicum), sulfur-containing volatiles such as methanethiol, dimethyl sulfide, dimethyl...
Low-field benchtop nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy has emerged as an accessible analytical platform for rapid, routine, and application-oriented analysis. However, its broader analytical adoption remains constrained by intrinsic limitat...
Nasal drug delivery can be assessed by a variety of means and regulatory agencies, e.g., the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the European Medicines Agency (EMA) have published a set of guidelines and regulations proposing in vitro test methods...
Atmospheric carbonyl compounds have significant impacts on the atmospheric environment and human health, making the selection of appropriate analytical techniques crucial for accurately detecting these compounds in specific environments. Based on ext...
Metabolomics has achieved great progress over the last 20 years, and it is currently considered a mature research field. As a result, the number of applications in toxicology, biomarker, and drug discovery has also increased. Toxicometabolomics has e...
The increasing occurrence of harmful cyanobacterial blooms in freshwater ecosystems poses important risks to aquatic organisms and human health due to the production of bioactive secondary metabolites such as cyanopeptides. While analytical methods f...
Among the various compounds regarded as emerging contaminants (ECs), pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) are of particular concern. Their continuous release into the environment has a negative global impact on human life. This review s...
Over the past decade, veterinary forensic toxicology has gained increasing relevance due to the recognition of animal poisoning as a criminal, environmental, and public health concern. This review provides an updated overview on current perspectives...
Honey authenticity control remains analytically challenging due to the complexity of its matrix and the increasing sophistication of adulteration practices. While chromatographic, spectrometric, and isotopic methods provide high confirmatory accuracy...
Semi-synthetic cannabinoids (SSCs) are chemically modified derivatives of naturally occurring phytocannabinoids that have rapidly emerged in commercial cannabis and hemp-derived products, including vape cartridges, edibles, infused oils, and concentr...
Nowadays, the challenges in analytical chemistry, and mostly in quantitative analysis, include the development and validation of new materials, strategies and procedures to meet the growing need for rapid, sensitive, selective and green methods. In t...
Plant gums have long served as essential binding media in polychrome cultural heritage, contributing to pigment adhesion, surface cohesion, and long-term stability. This review evaluates recent advances in analytical technologies, including FTIR, Ram...
The objectives of the study were to identify the relationship between big data analytics with context-based news detection on digital media in the data age, to find out the trending approaches to detect fake news on digital media, and to explore the...
Consumers are increasingly seeking natural alternatives to chemical compounds, including the use of dried aromatic plants as seasonings instead of salt. However, the presence of pyrrolizidine alkaloids (PAs) in food supplements and dried plants has b...
Background: The supply chain ecosystem is becoming fragile and difficult to manage due to the complexities in its interlinked functions such as planning, procurement, production, logistics, distribution, and sales. Recently, organizations have starte...
Personalized learning is becoming more important in today’s diverse classrooms. It is a strategy that tailors instruction to each student’s abilities and interests. The benefits of personalized learning include students’ enhanced mo...
Deep sea mining tailings disposal is a new environmental challenge related to water pollution, mineral crust waste handling, and ocean biology. The objective of this paper is to propose a new tailings disposal procedure for the deep sea mining indust...
The extant literature does not provide consolidated knowledge on the use of Industry 4.0 in supply chains of emerging markets. This systematic literature review investigated the benefits, use, challenges, and mitigation measures related to Industry 4...
Omics data integration is already a reality. However, few omics-based algorithms show enough predictive ability to be implemented into clinics or public health domains. Clinical/epidemiological data tend to explain most of the variation of health-rel...
Molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs) have emerged as robust and versatile recognition elements for electrochemical sensing due to their high chemical and mechanical stability, cost-effective fabrication, and excellent selectivity toward target analy...
After the fall of communism, Romania embarked on a comprehensive land restitution process through Law No. 18/1991, aiming to re-establish private ownership rights, particularly for agricultural and forestry lands. Divergent historical legacies across...
Synthetic cathinones are among the most frequently encountered classes of new psychoactive substances, and many occur as structural isomers sharing identical molecular formulas and highly similar mass-spectral features. Among them, substituted cathin...
Trifluoroacetic acid (TFA), the shortest perfluoroalkyl carboxylic acid, is the most prevalent ultra-short-chain PFAS in the environment. Its high polarity, strong acidity, water solubility, persistence, and mobility promote widespread occurrence acr...
MicroRNA (miR) are short non-coding RNAs known to post-transcriptionally regulate gene expression, and have been reported as biomarkers for various diseases. miR have also been served as potential drug targets. The identity, functions and detection o...
Cardiovascular drugs have been a burning topic in the field of environmental analytical chemistry in the last few decades. Growing modern healthcare has led to the widespread use of pharmaceuticals. Among these, antihypertensives (sartans, angiotensi...
Dairy products are an important source of high-quality protein, calcium, and various micronutrients in the human diet. The detection of milk components spans the entire industrial chain, including raw milk quality control, processing management, and...
Microplastics (MPs) and nanoplastics (NPs) are widespread environmental contaminants with documented impacts on human health, particularly on the female reproductive system. Defined as polymeric fragments smaller than 5 mm, MPs (typically ranging fro...
Antioxidant properties of inorganic nanoparticles in aqueous media are attracting growing interest due to their high surface reactivity. Materials such as cerium oxide, iron oxide, silver, and gold exhibit distinct radical-scavenging behaviors at the...
Neurofilament-light chain (Nf-L) is a non-specific early-stage biomarker widely studied in the context of neurodegenerative diseases (NDD) and traumatic brain injuries (TBI), which can be measured in biofluids after axonal damage. Originally measured...
Mycotoxins, as natural products of molds, are often unavoidable contaminants of food and feed, to which the increasingly evident climate changes contribute a large part. The consequences are more or less severe and range from economic losses to worry...
The primary cause of poor and ambiguous results obtained from the bioanalytical process is the sample pre-treatment, especially in clinical analysis because it involves dealing with complex sample matrices, such as whole blood, urine, saliva, serum,...
Micro- and nanoplastic (pMP and pNP, respectively) release is an emerging issue since these particles constitute a ubiquitous and growing pollutant, which not only threatens the environment but may have potential consequences for human health. In par...
The presence of emerging contaminants in food and the sources of the contamination are relevant issues in food safety. The impact of climate change on these contaminations is a topic widely debated; however, the consequences of climate change for the...
The co-occurrence of mycotoxigenic fungi and mycotoxins in aquatic food commodities has recently become a source of severe worldwide food insecurity since these toxicants may damage human health. The consumption of aquatic food itself represents a re...
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