Advances of vibrational spectroscopic methods in phytomics and bioanalysis

• Near infrared (NIR), attenuated total reflection (ATR), imaging/mapping approaches.
• Recent technological and methodological advances.
• Multivariate analytical approaches.
• Selected examples in the fields of phytomics and bioanalysis.
• Discussion of future trends.

During the last couple of years great advances in vibrational spectroscopy including near-infrared (NIR), mid-infrared (MIR), attenuated total reflection (ATR) and imaging and also mapping techniques could be achieved. On the other hand spectral treatment features have improved dramatically allowing filtering out relevant information from spectral data much more efficiently and providing new insights into the biochemical composition. These advances offer new possible quality control strategies in phytomics and enable to get deeper insights into biochemical background in terms of medicinal relevant questions. It is the aim of the present article pointing out the technical and methodological advancements in the NIR and MIR field and to demonstrate the individual methods efficiency by discussing distinct selected applications.

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