Novel Methods for the Analysis of Active and Toxic Components in Food

Dear Colleagues,

Nowadays, ensuring food safety and quality has become a primary concern in the food industry, necessitating the addressing of new challenges to safeguard consumer health and meet their evolving demands. Consequently, it is becoming increasingly common to devise novel analytical methodologies that are not only rapid, sensitive and selective, but also environmentally friendly, thus facilitating the assessment and improvement of food safety and quality. Given the nature of food matrices, sample treatment prior to analysis is indispensable. Integrating these green and micro-extraction methods with advanced analytical tools such as chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry provides a comprehensive and sustainable approach to characterizing active and toxic components in food.

This Special Issue serves as a call for the latest groundbreaking methodologies employed in the identification and quantification of active and toxic compounds in food samples. It encompasses an extensive range of substances, including active compounds (terpenoids, phenolic compounds, vitamins, sulfur compounds, etc.), natural toxins such as mycotoxins, plant alkaloids (pyrrolizidine, tropane, opium alkaloids, glycoalkaloids), processing contaminants (acrylamide, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, etc.), heavy metals, microplastics or veterinary drugs.

Authors are encouraged to contribute original research articles or comprehensive review papers that highlight the potential of new analytical strategies for ensuring food safety and quality.

Dr. Lorena González-Gómez
Prof. Dr. Sonia Morante Zarcero
Guest Editors

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• food analysis
• toxic compounds
• bioactive compounds
• micro-extractive methods
• chromatography
• food safety and quality
• mass spectrometry
• sample preparation
• validated analytical methods
• green methodologies