Special Issue on “New trends for the
determination of pesticides in environmental samples”
American Journal of
Analytical Chemistry
ISSN Print: 2156-8251 ISSN
Online: 2156-8278
Pesticides are extensively used in agricultural
production to control pests, diseases, weeds and other plant pathogens to
minimize yield losses and maintain high product quality. The environmental
pollution caused by pesticides and their degradation products is a major ecological
and health problem at the moment, since residues from those compounds can be present
in natural waters, vegetables and fruits. The chronic effects of pesticides
from food intake on human health are not well defined, but there is increasing
evidence of carcinogenicity and genotoxicity, as well as disruption of hormonal
functions. Therefore, it is very important and necessary to develop methods for
analysis of pesticides residues in environmental samples by chromatographic,
electroanalytical, spectroscopic techniques, sensors and biosensors, etc. In
this special issue, manuscripts concerning the new trends for the determination
of pesticides in food, waters and soils samples by diverse techniques are very
welcome. For more information, you can visit the following
website: http://www.scirp.org/journal/ajac/
The special Issue focuses on the determination
of pesticides residues in environmental samples (food, waters and soils
samples) involved or not previous extraction or clean-up methods by (but
is not limited to):
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Chromatographic Techniques Using Various Detection Methods
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Electroanalytical Techniques
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Chemical Sensors and Biosensors
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Spectroscopic Techniques
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Flow Injection Analysis
Submission Guidelines
Original and unpublished contributions that must not
currently be under review by another journal are solicited. All manuscripts
should be submitted through the AJAC online submission system, please include an indication of your intention to
publish within the special issue to be entitled “Special issue-New trends for the determination of pesticides in
environmental samples”.
Important Dates
Submission Deadline: November 30th, 2011
Notification of Acceptance: November, 2011
Tentative Publication Date: December, 2011
Contact Information
For further
questions or inquiries, please contact Editorial Assistant at ajac@scirp.org
Guest Editor
Dr. Gustavo
Stoppa Garbellini,São Paulo
State University, Brazil