Green Analytical Chemistry in Bioactive Compounds Analysis: Past, Present, and Future

Dear Colleagues,

Green analytical chemistry (GAC) is derived from green chemistry and is mainly oriented towards the use of environmentally friendly laboratory practices with no concessions regarding the instrumentation and methodology quality. The main goal of green chemistry is to design products and introduce specific manufacturing processes that are reducing the negative effects on both human health and the environment. In this context, the concept of green chemistry is strongly connected to the idea of sustainable development because nowadays the ultimate goal is to minimize the impact of human actions, which have been causing environmental side effects for years.

The design of new processes or the adaptation of existing technologies into green ones is always guided by the principles of green chemistry. The most notable of these principles are the elimination or reduction of reagents and solvent consumption, the reduction of vapours and gaseous emissions, the reduction or elimination of highly toxic reagents, and finally the reduction of energy consumption.

A practical application of GAC is its capacity to offer an innovative approach in many related areas such as the medical, pharmaceutical, agricultural, and food industries. Thus, the use of GAC techniques in natural bioactive compounds discovery, their isolation, identification, and analysis can be the start of their involvement in all related applications, making them an important part of the development of a sustainable future.

This Special Issue will focus on the implications of using GAC techniques in bioactive compound extraction techniques such as supercritical fluid extraction, pressurized liquid extraction, ultrasound-assisted extraction, microwave assisted extraction, solid phase extraction, and solid phase microextraction as well as high throughput identification analytical techniques like ultra-performance liquid chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry, UV-vis, and infrared spectroscopy. Additionally, articles discussing recent advances, new applications, and future perspectives of GAC used in bioactive compound analysis and identification are welcome.

Dr. Raluca Maria Pop
Guest Editor

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• plants bioactive compounds
• green extraction methods
• detection
• sustainability