Analytical Novelties and Challenges for the Detection of Natural Toxins
A special issue of Toxins (ISSN 2072-6651).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 November 2024 | Viewed by 209
Special Issue Editors
Interests: mass spectrometry; chromatography; regulatory toxicology; risk assessment; method validation; drugs; toxins; pesticides; trace elements; food additives & contaminants; nutraceuticals
Interests: mycotoxins; food toxicology; food packaging; chemometrics; phytochemistry
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Natural toxins are very hazardous chemicals produced by a great variety of living organisms, including fungi, algae, bacteria, plants, insects, and animals. Exposure to these toxicants, mainly through the ingestion of contaminated foods, still represents a global concern for food security and consequently for animal and human health. Their introduction in the food chain may occur at different stages, from on-farm production to post-production, transport, storage, mixing, and distribution. Therefore, integrated and holistic approaches from production (e.g., good agricultural, farming and hygiene practices, training of crop and livestock workers and managers) to consumption (guidelines, establishment of maximum limits, monitoring program and surveillance) are necessary tools. The preventative analyses of raw materials and intermediate and finished products have a crucial role in minimizing toxin exposure worldwide. Analytical controls assume a key role in supporting decision-making and planning inputs and actions taken to protect consumers, animals, and the environment.
The importance and impact of the development, improvement, and validation of new multi-analyte and multi-matrix methods and protocols for the detection and characterization of toxins and their metabolites have been reignited thanks to novel world policies promoting a circular and green economy and a fair, secure, safe, and sustainable food system.
Given this complex context, this Special Issue in Toxins invites submissions of original research articles and reviews, aiming to compile research on analytical and technological novelties and challenges in the detection of natural toxins and their metabolites in food. Novel and improved methodologies by the means of high-content and high-throughput methods, i.e., multiclass chromatography and mass spectrometry, biosensors, and rapid and intelligent devices, as well as optimized and in-depth standardized protocols for monitoring, risk assessment, surveillance, and international validation studies, are particularly welcome.
Dr. Teresa D’Amore
Dr. Sofia Agriopoulou
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- analytical methods
- detection and quantification
- food & feed safety
- risk assessment
- surveillance
- natural toxins
- emerging toxins
- mycotoxins
- biotoxins
- phytotoxins
- immunoassays
- mass spectrometry
- chromatography
- biosensors
- green analytical chemistry
