Solid-Phase Microextraction Techniques and Application in Food and Horticultural Crops
A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Analytical Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (29 February 2024) | Viewed by 13359
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Solid-phase microextraction (SPME) is a fast, simple, convenient, non-destructive, and low-cost method that avoids artifact formation and solvent impurity contamination. SPME can integrate sampling, extraction, concentration, and sample introduction into a single uninterrupted process, resulting in high sample throughput. Moreover, it allows the sampling of the volatiles emitted by living plants. Recently, SPME has been widely applied to the sampling and analysis of food, aromatic plants, herbal medicine, environmental, and horticultural crops (including vegetables, fruits, flowers, teas, and herbs). Therefore, various fields can use this technology to analyze the volatile components of samples.
This Special Issue, titled “Solid-Phase Microextraction Techniques and Application in Food and Horticultural Crops”, will focus on the application of SPME in horticultural crops, herbal medicines, and food analysis. Specific topics include, but are not limited to, solid-phase microextraction combined with GC and GC/MS method development and application in above areas analysis.
Prof. Dr. Hsin-Chun Chen
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- solid-phase microextraction
- volatile components
- aroma
- essential oil
- extraction methods
- gas chromatography
- gas chromatography-mass spectrometry