Special Issue "Plant Antioxidants"

Guest Editor
Dr. Ehab A. Abourashed
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy / DH 206, Chicago State University, Chicago, IL 60628, USA
E-Mail: eabouras@csu.edu
Phone: 773-821-2159
Fax: 773-821-2595
Interests: evaluation of the antioxidant activities of natural products; plant secondary metabolites and herbal dietary supplements; characterization of the physicochemical properties and structure-activity relationships of flavonoid/phenolic compounds

Guest Editor
Prof. Dr. Luca Sebastiani
Life Sciences Institute – BioLabs, Piazza Martiri Libertà 33, 56127, Pisa, Italy
E-Mail: luca.sebastiani@sssup.it
Phone: +39 050 883070
Fax: +39 050 883495
Interests: plant biotechnology; plant biochemistry; secondary metabolites; biodiversity characterization; food quality; antioxidant; oxidative stress

Dear Colleagues,

Oxidative processes are ubiquitous in nature and they play a pivotal role in sustaining life on our planet. Uncontrolled oxidation, however, may result in significant damage to biological systems and to the environment that can be dangerous and costly. Prevalence and propagation of serious diseases, such as cancer, diabetes and many heart conditions; deterioration of the environment; as well as spoilage of products and commodities are examples of the damaging effects of oxidation and oxidative species. The ability of some antioxidants to act as pro-oxidants further complicates the situation. Consequently, the discovery and development of safe and effective antioxidants has been a major area of scientific research and, although many such agents currently exist, the plant kingdom continue to offer new chemical entities that have potential as sustainable, safe and effective antioxidants.

The purpose of this special issue of “Antioxidants” is to provide a current overview on the progress of research on plant secondary metabolites, or their analogs, that qualify as antioxidant agents. This will be achieved through the contributions of experts in the field of plant antioxidant discovery and development. You are thus invited to submit an original research or review article to this issue that focuses on such topics as chemistry of plant antioxidants; evaluation of antioxidant activity; development of antioxidant assays; antioxidant mechanisms; chemoprevention; health, medicine and environmental applications of antioxidants, improving antixotidant content in plants and plant derived products; and other related topics.

Dr. Ehab A. Abourashed
Prof. Dr. Luca Sebastiani
Guest Editors

Submission

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. Papers will be published continuously (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are refereed through a peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Antioxidants is an international peer-reviewed Open Access quarterly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. For the first couple of issues the Article Processing Charge (APC) will be waived for well-prepared manuscripts. English correction and/or formatting fees of 250 CHF (Swiss Francs) will be charged in certain cases for those articles accepted for publication that require extensive additional formatting and/or English corrections.

• plant secondary metabolites
• antioxidant natural products/secondary metabolites
• cancer chemoprevention
• free-radical scavenging
• semisynthetic analogs
• antioxidant evaluation/assays
• oxidative stress
• antioxidant botanicals/herbal products