Direct Injection Mass Spectrometry Analysis of Volatile Compounds in Food Applications
A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Food Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 May 2024 | Viewed by 1273
Special Issue Editors
Interests: mass spectrometry; sensory analysis; data mining, volatile organic compounds; direct injection, kinetics; fingerprinting
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Interests: mass spectrometry; sensory analysis; data mining, volatile organic compound; direct injection; kinetics; fingerprinting
Interests: mass spectrometry; sensory analysis; data mining; volatile organic compounds; direct injection; kinetics; fingerprinting
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: fermentation; direct injection mass spectrometry; bioprocess; microbes; volatilomics; food biotechnology
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The direct, rapid, and non-invasive analysis of volatile organic compounds in foods, with a particular focus on flavor/aroma compounds, presents an efficient and highly informative tool to support the agroindustry and food science across various sectors. This encompasses everything from breeding and quality control to process monitoring and a deeper understanding of the factors influencing perceived quality.
This Special Issue of Molecules, entitled "Direct Injection Mass Spectrometry Analysis of Volatile Compounds in Food Applications”, aims to gather research papers, reviews, and commentaries covering all facets of the volatile compound analysis food using direct injection mass spectrometry and other direct methods, including proton transfer reaction–mass spectrometry (PTR-MS), atmospheric pressure chemical ionization–mass spectrometry (APCI-MS), selected ion flow tube–mass spectrometry (SIFT-MS), direct analysis in real-time mass spectrometry (DART-MS), and secondary electrospray ionization–mass spectrometry (SESI-MS), amongst others. We invite contributions that span the entire spectrum of this field, from fundamental principles to practical applications, including integration with other analytical or sensory techniques and data analysis.
The scope of this Special Issue includes, but is not limited to, the following topics:
- Fundamental aspects of direct injection mass spectrometry and related analytical tools, such as ionization, ion chemistry, and analyzers;
- Technical advancements to enhance sensitivity, resolution, and specificity;
- Comparative assessments of various direct injection mass spectrometry approaches and other direct methods;
- Hyphenation of mass spectrometry with complementary rapid techniques like fast-GC and IMS;
- The synergy of direct injection mass spectrometry with sensory analysis, including dynamic sensory evaluation and data fusion;
- Applications of direct analysis and omics studies of food volatiles;
- Targeted applications, such as high-throughput phenotyping and process monitoring;
- Software tools and data mining for analysis;
- Diverse applications, including studies related to spoilage, maturation, flavor release, and metabolites;
- The role of direct mass spectrometry as an environmentally friendly analytical tool.
This Special Issue is closely associated with the 1st International Symposium on Direct Injection for Food Flavor Analytics (DIFFA23; 20-22 September 2023, Fondazione Edmund Mach in San Michele all'Adige, Italy). Special considerations and submission benefits will be provided to conference attendees.
Dr. Franco Biasioli
Dr. Jonathan Beauchamp
Dr. Patrick Silcock
Dr. Vittorio Capozzi
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- direct injection mass spectrometry
- volatile organic compounds
- flavor compounds
- proton transfer reaction–mass spectrometry
- chemical ionization–mass spectrometry
- ambient mass spectrometry
- food
- sensors
