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The past is the future: from natural acid-base indicators to natural reagents in sustainable analytical chemistry

  • Siripat Suteerapataranon EMAIL logo , Kanokwan Kiwfo , Pei Meng Woi , Chalermpong Saenjum and Kate Grudpan
Published/Copyright: May 3, 2024
Pure and Applied Chemistry
From the journal Pure and Applied Chemistry Volume 96 Issue 9

Abstract

This article reviews the use of natural resources in analytical chemistry throughout history. Plant extracts were employed as indicators in chemistry for identifying the acidity or alkalinity of liquids as early as the 1650s. Later, as the industrial revolution altered people’s lives, synthetic chemicals were used instead. Modern techniques of analysis have replaced conventional ones as a result of advancements in physics and technology. The industrial revolution was an era of excitement until the toxic pollutants released from industries severely damaged people and the environment. The concepts of green chemistry and green analytical chemistry were proposed as potential solutions to the problems. The use of natural extracts as chemical analysis reagents has been reconsidered recently as a sustainable alternative. While new technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) will influence future trends in analytical chemistry development, the primary goal is to move toward sustainable analytical chemistry, which includes using natural reagents and reducing the amount of chemicals consumed and waste produced.

Keywords: Global Conversation on Sustainability; Green analytical chemistry; history; natural reagents; natural resources; sustainable analytical chemistry; Sustainable Chemistry 2023
Corresponding author: Siripat Suteerapataranon, Research Center for Innovation in Analytical Science and Technology for Biodiversity-Based Economic and Society (I-ANALY-S-T_B.BES-CMU), Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand, e-mail:

Article note: A collection of invited papers on the activities and actions towards a sustainable future.

Funding source: Centre of Excellence for Innovation in Analytical Science and Technology, Chiang Mai University

Award Identifier / Grant number: RG26/2566

Funding source: Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung

Acknowledgments

This work is dedicated to the 60th anniversary of Chiang Mai University.

  1. Research funding: The authors acknowledge Chiang Mai University through the Research Center for Innovation in Analytical Science and Technology for Biodiversity-based Economic and Society (I-ANALY-S-T_B.BES-CMU) (contract No. RG26/2566). We are also grateful to the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation for the indirect support provided to K. Kiwfo and K. Grudpan.

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Keywords for this article
Global Conversation on Sustainability; Green analytical chemistry; history; natural reagents; natural resources; sustainable analytical chemistry; Sustainable Chemistry 2023

Articles in the same Issue

  1. Frontmatter
  2. Editorial
  3. Preface for the special issue ‘Activities and Actions Towards a Sustainable Future’ – a joint project by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) and the International Younger Chemists Network (IYCN)
  4. Special topic papers
  5. One story as part of the Global Conversation on Sustainability: dye adsorption studies using a novel bio-derived calcite material
  6. The past is the future: from natural acid-base indicators to natural reagents in sustainable analytical chemistry
  7. Renewable carbon resource from biomass: building molecular architectures from furanic platforms
  8. Paths and synergies in accelerating the UN 17 SDGs through the lens of green chemistry: contributions from a Brazilian university and its Institute of Chemistry
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