Food and Drug Analysis
A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Natural Products Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 April 2020) | Viewed by 65966
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue wishes to provide an intellectual platform for scientists to publish review, original research, short communication, etc., covering the topics of bioactive constituents, biological activities, and analytical methodologies in relation to food, drugs, and herbal medicines, as well as related disciplines of topical interest to public health.
Food and drug analysis includes the aspects of exploring natural sources as healthy food, characterizing the molecular structures of bioactive principles, identifying novel drugs, assessing their affinity and specificity, and examining their bioactivities in vitro and in vivo. In addition to extensively applied chromatographic methods, nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy is also used in screening for novel bioactive molecules. Various new sample preparation methods have also been reported, especially for analysis in biological sample matrices, including LLE, SPE, and SPME. All these new analytical methods accelerate research and can make the potential targets available in the near future.
Prof. Ping-Chung Kuo
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Bioactive constituent
- Biological activity
- Analytical methodology
- Sample preparation method
- Healthy food
- Drug and herbal medicine
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