Antioxidant Research in Chile—2nd Edition

A special issue of Antioxidants (ISSN 2076-3921).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2025 | Viewed by 1149

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Interests: natural products; cardiorespiratoy control; antioxidants; oxidative stress; neuroinflammation

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Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue invites the submission of research articles, review articles, and short communications in the areas of redox signaling, oxidative stress, and antioxidants.The scope of this Special Issue includes a broad range of issues such as the following: ROS and RNS in health and disease; redox activity of natural products; natural and synthetic antioxidants; antioxidants in biological systems from plants and microbes to animals; novel techniques for antioxidant delivery and protocols for the extraction, isolation, and structural characterization of natural antioxidants; dietary antioxidants; food supplements; and the industrial uses of antioxidants. In particular, studies focused on Chilean plants of economic importance, such as grapevines, maqui, berries, and algae, are welcome. This Special Issue of Antioxidants will be an excellent opportunity for Chilean scientists to publish their work in a highly regarded journal. We therefore encourage the Chilean scientific community to submit their contributions to this Special Issue.

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Dr. Hugo Diaz
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Keywords

  • antioxidants
  • biotechnology
  • biomedicine
  • natural products
  • nutrition
  • oxidative stress
  • Chilean plants of economic importance
  • polyphenols
  • flavonoids
  • anthocyanins
  • phenolic acids
  • resveratrol
  • food waste
  • plant extracts
  • neuroinflammation
  • redox signaling
  • circular economy
  • ROS scavengers
  • antioxidants in industry
  • entrepreneurship
  • green startups

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Past and Present of the Antioxidant Studies in Chile: A Bibliometric Study from 2000 to 2024
by Marcos Lorca, Alejandro Vega-Muñoz, Alison Acosta, David Cabezas, Katy Díaz, Jaime Mella, Gianfranco Sabadini, Guido Salazar-Sepúlveda, Nicolás Contreras-Barraza and Marco Mellado
Antioxidants 2025, 14(8), 985; https://doi.org/10.3390/antiox14080985 - 11 Aug 2025
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Since 2000, antioxidant research in Chile has shown steady growth, from the chemical sciences to their application in biomedical sciences, functional foods, reproduction, and environmental studies. This study presents a bibliometric analysis of Chilean scientific output in the field of antioxidants from 2000 [...] Read more.
Since 2000, antioxidant research in Chile has shown steady growth, from the chemical sciences to their application in biomedical sciences, functional foods, reproduction, and environmental studies. This study presents a bibliometric analysis of Chilean scientific output in the field of antioxidants from 2000 to 2024, organized into five-year intervals. A total of 3190 research articles indexed in the Web of Science (WoS) database were analyzed. Bibliometric indicators—including Price’s, Bradford’s, and Zipf’s laws—were applied to assess literature growth, authorship concentration, journal dispersion, and keyword evolution. Key findings include (i) high productivity from institutions such as the Universidad de Chile, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Universidad de Santiago de Chile, and Universidad de Concepción; (ii) the identification of leading authors such as Dr. Antonio Vega-Gálvez, Dr. Guillermo Schmeda-Hirschman, and Dr. Mario J. Simirgiotis; and (iii) the consolidation of three main research areas: biomedical applications (e.g., cancer, cardiovascular, and neurodegenerative diseases), food science and technology (e.g., antioxidant properties, and agro-industrial waste revalorization), and ethnopharmacology (e.g., native plant use). This study made it possible to map the state of the art of antioxidant research in Chile and identify key players and research lines, consolidating a comprehensive vision of scientific development in this field. Full article
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