Advanced Chromatographic, Spectroscopic, and Spectrometric Techniques in Food Analysis
A special issue of Foods (ISSN 2304-8158). This special issue belongs to the section "Food Analytical Methods".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (10 February 2023) | Viewed by 28188
Special Issue Editors
Interests: food chemistry; analytical chemistry; biosources; fat and oils; volatilomics; lipidomics
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
It is our great pleasure and honor to invite you to contribute to a Special Issue in Foods titled “Advanced Chromatographic, Spectroscopic, and Spectrometric Techniques in Food Analysis”.
Food and agricultural products comprise complex sample systems made by diverse chemical structures mixtures wherein macronutrients (carbohydrates, proteins, and lipids), together with water and numerous minor components can coexist. The functional properties of these substances, which are ruled by their molecular structure and interactions within the food system, and the amounts present define the characteristics and quality of food products. Due to the continuous improvement in analytical technologies, over the past 100 years, food analysis has significantly evolved, passing from “wet chemistry” laboratory methods to the application of advanced and high-throughput analytical methodologies. Pioneering developments in chromatographic, spectrophotometric, and spectrometric techniques have led to significant improvements in identification capability, as well as in analytical accuracy, precision, detection limits, and sample throughput, thereby expanding the practical range of food applications. This Special Issue focuses on the optimization and validation of advanced and innovative chromatographic, spectrophotometric, and spectrometric methodologies in food analysis, in particular for quality and authenticity purposes.
Dr. Marco Beccaria
Dr. Chiara De Luca
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- food quality and authenticity
- food characterization
- chromatography
- spectrophotometry
- spectroscopy
- hyphenated analytical techniques
- macronutrients
- minor components
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