About this Research Topic
For many years, detection and monitoring by analytical laboratory methods have been recognized as the mainstay of clinical laboratory medicine, but also in engineering and food or environmental control. Emerging new diseases, pandemics, and currently non-curable diseases pull out the need for new analytical technologies as exemplified by the broad use of real-time PCR for COVID detection. Increasing the yield of agricultural crops requires the use of natural and synthetic principles that lead to protection against pests, but at the same time can harm the environment. Improper food storage and packaging can lead to food spoilage and toxins. Identification of new molecules that can be used as biomarkers can have a positive impact on human disease control and the management of food and natural resources. Expanding and refining recent technologies, like the gene-editing tool CRISPR for molecular cellular and molecular manipulation, will also have a great impact on the role of analytical methods.
Natural products are used alone or together with synthetic products for the development of functional foods and nutraceuticals, as well as for the discovery of new drugs in human and veterinary medicine and/or for protection against plant pests. Furthermore, these molecules are also used in various modern delivery systems. Therefore, the characterization of these natural products with an emphasis on detection and monitoring at the molecular level is very important, not only to determine the mechanisms of their action but also to identify potentially hazardous molecules and avoid their potential direct and indirect (harmful) effects.
The collection aims to bring together the latest quality articles dealing with the development of new analytical methods for biomedical, food, and environmental applications using a molecular approach. We aim to reflect current advances in theory, experimentation, and methodology with applications to compelling problems that can elucidate the molecular basis for:
• The development of new methods leading to the identification and quantification of important (bio)molecules in complex matrices such as biological, food, or environmental samples.
• Analysis of biomolecular interactions involved in the development of new drugs and new drug administration systems using synthetic and active plant principles.
• Tailoring new materials and molecular structures through the analysis of mechanisms, reaction kinetics and thermodynamics together with computational studies.
Natural products are used alone or together with synthetic products for the development of functional foods and nutraceuticals, as well as for the discovery of new drugs in human and veterinary medicine and/or for protection against plant pests. Furthermore, these molecules are also used in various modern delivery systems. Therefore, the characterization of these natural products with an emphasis on detection and monitoring at the molecular level is very important, not only to determine the mechanisms of their action but also to identify potentially hazardous molecules and avoid their potential direct and indirect (harmful) effects.
The collection aims to bring together the latest quality articles dealing with the development of new analytical methods for biomedical, food, and environmental applications using a molecular approach. We aim to reflect current advances in theory, experimentation, and methodology with applications to compelling problems that can elucidate the molecular basis for:
• The development of new methods leading to the identification and quantification of important (bio)molecules in complex matrices such as biological, food, or environmental samples.
• Analysis of biomolecular interactions involved in the development of new drugs and new drug administration systems using synthetic and active plant principles.
• Tailoring new materials and molecular structures through the analysis of mechanisms, reaction kinetics and thermodynamics together with computational studies.
Keywords: biomedical applications, analytical methods, molecular
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