Dietary Antioxidant Compounds and Animal Nutrition
A special issue of Antioxidants (ISSN 2076-3921). This special issue belongs to the section "Natural and Synthetic Antioxidants".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 October 2026 | Viewed by 192
Special Issue Editors
Interests: antioxidants; animal nutrition
Interests: antioxidants; dietary nutrition; Maillard reaction; glycation; bioaccesibility; in vivo effects
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Dear Colleagues,
In recent years, dietary antioxidants have gained increasing attention in animal nutrition as strategic tools to enhance health status, resilience to environmental stressors, productivity, and product quality. Oxidative stress plays a central role in multiple physiological and pathological processes in animals, including immune dysregulation, inflammation, metabolic disorders, heat stress, and impaired growth performance, among others. Consequently, nutritional strategies based on antioxidant compounds have emerged as promising approaches to mitigate these alterations, improve welfare, and support long-term health in both livestock species and companion animals.
We are pleased to invite you to submit your research to this Special Issue, entitled “Dietary Antioxidant Compounds and Animal Nutrition”, which seeks to assemble cutting-edge contributions addressing the biological mechanisms, nutritional efficacy, safety, and technological implementation of antioxidant compounds in animal feeding, either as standalone ingredients or in combination with other nutraceutical and functional feed additives. Particular emphasis will be placed on mechanistic investigations, in vivo validation, and translational relevance across a broad range of animal species, including terrestrial livestock, aquaculture species, and companion animals.
We welcome original research papers and reviews addressing, but not limited to, the following topics:
- Identification, synthesis, extraction, and characterization of antioxidant compounds for animal nutrition applications;
- In vitro and in vivo evaluation of antioxidant efficacy, alone or in combination with other dietary bioactives, functional ingredients, or supplements;
- Mechanistic studies elucidating redox modulation, oxidative damage pathways, inflammatory signaling, mitochondrial function, and stress-response systems;
- Assessment of synergistic, additive, or antagonistic interactions among multiple antioxidant compounds or between antioxidants and other nutraceutical ingredients;
- Development of innovative feed formulations, delivery systems, and stabilization technologies to enhance antioxidant bioavailability and efficacy;
- Applications of antioxidant-based nutritional strategies to improve animal health, welfare, resilience to environmental or production-related stressors, and product quality across livestock, aquaculture species, and companion animals.
If your research aligns with these themes, we invite you to contribute to this high-impact Special Issue.
Dr. Alberto Baños Arjona
Dr. Cristina Delgado-Andrade
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- dietary antioxidants
- animal nutrition
- oxidative stress
- functional feed additives
- livestock and aquaculture health
- feed additives
- stress resilience
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