Effect-directed analysis of ginger ( Zingiber officinale ) and its food products, and quantification of bioactive compounds via high-performance thin-layer chromatography and mass spectrometry

Decision makers responsible for quality management along the food chain need to reflect on their analytical tools that should ensure quality of food and especially superfood. The “4ables” in target analysis (stable, extractable, separable, detectable) focusing on marker compounds do not cover all relevant information about the sample. On the example of ginger, a streamlined quantitative bioprofiling was developed for effect-directed analysis of...