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This reprint presents some recent results from applying original analytical methods to the most renowned hive matrices. Particular consideration was given to methods devoted to the attribution of the origin of honey and propolis, but also studies dealing with the chemical characterization of honey and other hive matrices are here reported. Attention has also been paid to the use of optimized methods of elemental analysis in several hive products for quality and safety purposes, but also for environmental biomonitoring. The treatment of the data was often achieved through multivariate analysis methods, which made it possible to obtain reliable classifications of honeys and propolis according to their botanic or geographical origin.

Research & information: general --- Chemistry --- Analytical chemistry --- propolis --- poplar --- HPLC–Q-Exactive-Orbitrap®–MS analysis --- phenolic glycerides --- essential and non-essential nutrients --- nucleosides --- honey composition --- uridine --- neuropharmacological activities --- filtered honey --- botanical origin --- fluorescence spectrometry --- antioxidant activity --- spectrum–effect relationships --- cluster analysis --- principal component analysis --- multiple linear regression analysis --- sample preparation --- trace element --- toxic element --- spectroanalytical technique --- biomonitoring --- bee pollen --- ascorbic acid --- total ascorbic acids --- dehydroascorbic acid --- HILIC --- honey discrimination --- strawberry-tree --- thistle --- eucalyptus --- asphodel --- attenuated total reflectance --- Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy --- bee products --- multielemental analysis --- ICP-MS --- ICP-OES --- inorganic contaminants --- heavy metals --- honey --- quality standards --- protein --- amylase --- acid phosphatase --- native PAGE --- royal jelly --- proteins --- ProteoMinerTM --- MALDI-TOF-MS --- proteomics --- beehive product --- unedone --- bitter taste --- strawberry tree honey --- LC-ESI/LTQ-Orbitrap-MS --- PCA --- PLS --- aroma composition --- sugar content --- QDA profile --- HMF --- furanic aldehydes --- furanic acids --- homogentisic acid --- cyclic voltammetry --- square wave voltammetry --- RP-HPLC --- bees --- beehive products --- cold vapor atomic fluorescence spectrometry --- toxic metal --- trace elements --- toxic elements --- geographical origin --- strawberry tree

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Mycotoxins represent a significant issue for the feed industry and the safety of the feed supply chain, with an impact on human health, animal health and production, economies, and international trade. The globalization of the trade in agricultural commodities and the lack of legislative harmonization have contributed significantly to the discussion about the awareness of mycotoxins entering the feed/food supply chain. The feed industry is a sustainable outlet for food processing industries, converting byproducts into high-quality animal feed. Mycotoxin occurrence in food byproducts from different technological processes is a worldwide topic of interest for the feed industry, aiming to increase the marketability and acceptance of these products as feed ingredients and include them safely in the feed supply chain. Since mycotoxin contamination cannot be completely prevented pre- or post-harvest, the modern feed industry needs new tools for monitoring and managing the risk of mycotoxins and strategies to prevent and reduce mycotoxins in compound feed manufacturing. The aim of this Special Issue book was to bring together a collection of valuable articles with innovative ideas for a sustainable and competitive feed industry.

Research & information: general --- Biology, life sciences --- Food & society --- mycotoxins --- biomarkers --- urine --- UPLC-MS/MS --- intake --- feed --- grain --- monitoring --- pet food --- HRMS-orbitrap --- co-occurrence --- retrospective screening --- Alphitobius diaperinus --- Hermetia illucens --- edible insects --- mycotoxin --- uptake --- excretion --- feed safety --- essential oils --- ecophysiology --- aflatoxins --- zearalenone --- clay --- purified --- calcined --- adsorption --- pH --- reduction --- grain cleaning --- thermal processing --- chemicals --- adsorbents --- prevention --- reduction strategies --- animal feed --- mycotoxin binders --- aflatoxin --- biomarker --- dairy cows --- durian peel --- agricultural by-products --- biosorption --- gastrointestinal digestion model --- decontamination --- equilibrium isotherms --- in-vitro cell culture --- toxicity assessment and mitigation --- mycotoxins --- biomarkers --- urine --- UPLC-MS/MS --- intake --- feed --- grain --- monitoring --- pet food --- HRMS-orbitrap --- co-occurrence --- retrospective screening --- Alphitobius diaperinus --- Hermetia illucens --- edible insects --- mycotoxin --- uptake --- excretion --- feed safety --- essential oils --- ecophysiology --- aflatoxins --- zearalenone --- clay --- purified --- calcined --- adsorption --- pH --- reduction --- grain cleaning --- thermal processing --- chemicals --- adsorbents --- prevention --- reduction strategies --- animal feed --- mycotoxin binders --- aflatoxin --- biomarker --- dairy cows --- durian peel --- agricultural by-products --- biosorption --- gastrointestinal digestion model --- decontamination --- equilibrium isotherms --- in-vitro cell culture --- toxicity assessment and mitigation

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This reprint presents some recent results from applying original analytical methods to the most renowned hive matrices. Particular consideration was given to methods devoted to the attribution of the origin of honey and propolis, but also studies dealing with the chemical characterization of honey and other hive matrices are here reported. Attention has also been paid to the use of optimized methods of elemental analysis in several hive products for quality and safety purposes, but also for environmental biomonitoring. The treatment of the data was often achieved through multivariate analysis methods, which made it possible to obtain reliable classifications of honeys and propolis according to their botanic or geographical origin.

Research & information: general --- Chemistry --- Analytical chemistry --- propolis --- poplar --- HPLC–Q-Exactive-Orbitrap®–MS analysis --- phenolic glycerides --- essential and non-essential nutrients --- nucleosides --- honey composition --- uridine --- neuropharmacological activities --- filtered honey --- botanical origin --- fluorescence spectrometry --- antioxidant activity --- spectrum–effect relationships --- cluster analysis --- principal component analysis --- multiple linear regression analysis --- sample preparation --- trace element --- toxic element --- spectroanalytical technique --- biomonitoring --- bee pollen --- ascorbic acid --- total ascorbic acids --- dehydroascorbic acid --- HILIC --- honey discrimination --- strawberry-tree --- thistle --- eucalyptus --- asphodel --- attenuated total reflectance --- Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy --- bee products --- multielemental analysis --- ICP-MS --- ICP-OES --- inorganic contaminants --- heavy metals --- honey --- quality standards --- protein --- amylase --- acid phosphatase --- native PAGE --- royal jelly --- proteins --- ProteoMinerTM --- MALDI-TOF-MS --- proteomics --- beehive product --- unedone --- bitter taste --- strawberry tree honey --- LC-ESI/LTQ-Orbitrap-MS --- PCA --- PLS --- aroma composition --- sugar content --- QDA profile --- HMF --- furanic aldehydes --- furanic acids --- homogentisic acid --- cyclic voltammetry --- square wave voltammetry --- RP-HPLC --- bees --- beehive products --- cold vapor atomic fluorescence spectrometry --- toxic metal --- trace elements --- toxic elements --- geographical origin --- strawberry tree --- propolis --- poplar --- HPLC–Q-Exactive-Orbitrap®–MS analysis --- phenolic glycerides --- essential and non-essential nutrients --- nucleosides --- honey composition --- uridine --- neuropharmacological activities --- filtered honey --- botanical origin --- fluorescence spectrometry --- antioxidant activity --- spectrum–effect relationships --- cluster analysis --- principal component analysis --- multiple linear regression analysis --- sample preparation --- trace element --- toxic element --- spectroanalytical technique --- biomonitoring --- bee pollen --- ascorbic acid --- total ascorbic acids --- dehydroascorbic acid --- HILIC --- honey discrimination --- strawberry-tree --- thistle --- eucalyptus --- asphodel --- attenuated total reflectance --- Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy --- bee products --- multielemental analysis --- ICP-MS --- ICP-OES --- inorganic contaminants --- heavy metals --- honey --- quality standards --- protein --- amylase --- acid phosphatase --- native PAGE --- royal jelly --- proteins --- ProteoMinerTM --- MALDI-TOF-MS --- proteomics --- beehive product --- unedone --- bitter taste --- strawberry tree honey --- LC-ESI/LTQ-Orbitrap-MS --- PCA --- PLS --- aroma composition --- sugar content --- QDA profile --- HMF --- furanic aldehydes --- furanic acids --- homogentisic acid --- cyclic voltammetry --- square wave voltammetry --- RP-HPLC --- bees --- beehive products --- cold vapor atomic fluorescence spectrometry --- toxic metal --- trace elements --- toxic elements --- geographical origin --- strawberry tree

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Epidemiological evidence from the last fifty years has demonstrated that nutrition plays a decisive role in human health. Eating properly is not only necessary to meet energy demands. It also actively contributes, through both preventive actions and therapeutic effects, to improving human wellness. Nutrition owes its functional role in human health to the biological activity of specific, small dietary molecules. Plants are the most important source of bioactive molecules, and dietary phytochemicals are mainly responsible for the documented protective effects of diets which are rich in plant foods. Dietary phytochemicals have attracted increasing interest in human nutrition research over the past few years due to their ability to exert several biological effects that are potentially useful for human health, In this Special Issue, the biological activity of dietary phytochemicals, either purified or in extracts from plant foods, and their potential effects on human health are addressed and investigated.

resveratrol --- bioactivities --- anticancer --- anti-obesity --- antidiabetes --- molecular mechanisms --- durum wheat bread --- Portulaca oleracea L. --- essential fatty acids --- omega-6/omega-3 ratio --- antioxidants --- Bangladesh --- vegetables --- polyphenols --- amylase --- glucosidase --- renin --- angiotensin-converting enzyme --- lipase --- mass spectrometry --- yeast --- antioxidant --- cytotoxicity --- bioavailability --- viability --- Punica granatum --- hydrolysable tannins --- flavonoids --- Ultra High Performance Liquid Chromatography-Orbitrap-Mass Spectrometry --- tempura --- deep-fried product --- barley --- buckwheat --- Job’s tears --- antioxidant capacity --- oil deterioration --- polyphenol --- oxidative stress --- necroptosis --- plant extract --- secondary metabolite --- γH2AX --- copper --- African food spices --- GC-MS (gas chromatography mass spectrometry) --- antimicrobial --- antibiofilm --- violacein inhibition --- swarming inhibition --- swimming inhibition --- anticholinesterase --- antiurease --- antityrosinase --- sensory analysis --- mineral content --- proanthocyanidins --- carotenoids --- antioxidant activity --- FRAP --- DPPH --- ABTS --- CAA --- n/a --- Job's tears

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How many times have we thought with concern about the possible contamination of food? Pollution, agricultural treatments, technological treatments, and packaging are the best-known human sources of toxic substances as food contaminants. The present book contains 11 original research papers representing various approaches of identifying and measuring toxic residues in food materials. The analytical determination of food contaminants is an indispensable tool in characterizing the adverse effects and unexpected toxicity related to food intake. No risk assessment would be possible without data from the analysis of food contaminants. This Special Issue is an interesting overview of recent methods and is highly representative of a broad worldwide outline, collecting authors from ten different countries and four continents. Very different toxics are described, from volatile organic compounds to heavy metals and from highly polar chemicals to classical organic contaminants. A wide range of analytical techniques are portrayed, including sample preparation and clean-up methodologies, classical chromatographic and hyphenated spectroscopies, and the latest high-resolution mass spectrometry applications. The presented works consider a varied selection of foods: the studied matrices are meat, fishery products, fruits, and miscellaneous beverages.

Medicine --- furfuryl alcohol --- β-myrcene --- carcinogens --- occurrence --- blueberries --- lingonberries --- rose hips --- aluminium --- cadmium --- chromium --- nickel --- lead --- provisional tolerable intake --- perfluorooctane sulfonate --- perfluorooctane acid --- PFOS --- PFOA --- mediterranean fish --- toxicological risk --- high-resolution mass spectrometry --- Orbitrap --- structure elucidation --- pesticide residue analysis --- matcha --- conazole fungicides --- pressurized solvent extraction --- phthalate --- non-alcoholic beverages --- liquid-liquid extraction --- response surface methodology --- GC-MS/MS --- coffee --- acrylamide --- furan --- 5-hydroxymethylfurfural --- risk assessment --- magnetic stirring assisted demulsification dispersive liquid-liquid microextraction --- polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons --- grilled pork --- high performance liquid chromatography --- infant formulae --- infant foods --- minerals --- toxic metals --- hydroxymethylfurfural --- storage conditions --- safety --- breast milk --- antibiotic residues --- pesticide residues --- LC-MS/MS --- mass spectrometry methods --- fishery product --- hydrogen peroxide --- illicit treatment --- furfuryl alcohol --- β-myrcene --- carcinogens --- occurrence --- blueberries --- lingonberries --- rose hips --- aluminium --- cadmium --- chromium --- nickel --- lead --- provisional tolerable intake --- perfluorooctane sulfonate --- perfluorooctane acid --- PFOS --- PFOA --- mediterranean fish --- toxicological risk --- high-resolution mass spectrometry --- Orbitrap --- structure elucidation --- pesticide residue analysis --- matcha --- conazole fungicides --- pressurized solvent extraction --- phthalate --- non-alcoholic beverages --- liquid-liquid extraction --- response surface methodology --- GC-MS/MS --- coffee --- acrylamide --- furan --- 5-hydroxymethylfurfural --- risk assessment --- magnetic stirring assisted demulsification dispersive liquid-liquid microextraction --- polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons --- grilled pork --- high performance liquid chromatography --- infant formulae --- infant foods --- minerals --- toxic metals --- hydroxymethylfurfural --- storage conditions --- safety --- breast milk --- antibiotic residues --- pesticide residues --- LC-MS/MS --- mass spectrometry methods --- fishery product --- hydrogen peroxide --- illicit treatment