Honeydew honey has differentiated chemical and physicochemical characteristics besides
potential functional properties such as antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory and antioxidant. In …

Honey is a product of high consumption due to its nutritional and antimicrobial properties.
However, residues of pesticides, used in plagues' treatment in the hive or in crop fields in the …

The design of a novel and reliable plasmonic platform for detecting multiple chemical
contaminants in the complex matrix is an exciting topic in the food industry. Herein, a high …

Organic bee pollen (BP, n= 22) harvested from the Douro International Natural Park (DINP,
Portugal) was studied. Nine botanical families were found in the mixture of the samples. The …

Human activities produce contaminants, the amounts and toxicity of which often exceed the
environment's homeostatic capacity to cleanse itself. Hence, the systematic analysis and …

Organophosphorus compounds constitute an important class of pesticides whose the toxicity
of which arises from the inhibition of the acetylcholinesterase enzyme. They exhibit a wide …

Immunosensors are biosensors that use antibodies or antigens as the specific sensing
element and provide concentration-dependent signals. There is great potential in the …

Rice consumption has increased worldwide over recent decades, as it has become one of
the most common foods. Although the analysis of environmental samples coming from rice …

Activated carbons (ACs) can be used not only for liquid but also for vapour phase
applications, such as water treatment, deodorisation, gas purification and air treatment. In …

The objective of this study was to develop analytical method based on optimized dispersive
liquid–liquid microextraction (DLLME) as a pretreatment procedure combined with reversed …