Dear Colleagues,

Medicinal plants have been used since ancient times and humans have always turned to vegetal resources for food or medicine. Medicinal plants have thus been a source of metabolites of medicinal interest. The secondary metabolites or phytomedicines are usually multifunctional compounds in nature, capable of exhibiting several pharmacological properties. Exploration of the phytochemistry and pharmacological properties of secondary metabolites may lead to the discovery of new remedies health promoting products or pharmaceutical drugs. That’s why researchers around the world are evaluating the concentration of phytochemicals in medicinal plants, the appropriate dosages and frequencies and the most effective method of administration of traditional medicines.

The special issue titled “Recent Advances in the Determination of Plant-Based Secondary Metabolites by Liquid Chromatography” aims to be a platform where the latest developments used in liquid chromatography in mixed/various plant extracts, cosmetics, drugs, food supplements and environmental samples are published. This special issue consider:

(1) Environmentally friendly sample preparation methodologies and various plant extraction techniques

(2) Analytical instrumentation (liquid chromatography) with improved performance parameters

(3) Quality control of secondary metabolites in food supplements, cosmetics, environmental samples, and drugs is essential

Manuscripts on the determination of plant-based secondary metabolites in a wide variety of samples using new extraction techniques and new analytical methodologies (HPLC-DAD, HPLC-UV, HPLC-FL, HPLC-MS) are accepted.