Natural Antioxidants from Agro-Wastes and Food Waste: Characterization and Applications
A special issue of Antioxidants (ISSN 2076-3921). This special issue belongs to the section "Extraction and Industrial Applications of Antioxidants".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 March 2026 | Viewed by 47
Special Issue Editors
Interests: food metabolomics; food chemistry; byproducts of the agrifood sector; gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS); gas chromatography-flame ionization detector (GC-FID); liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS); sensory analysis
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Interests: lipid metabolism and food systems
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The growing emphasis on sustainable resource utilization and the circular bioeconomy has accelerated research into the valorization of agro-wastes and food processing by-products as promising, underexplored sources of natural antioxidants. These materials, often discarded or underutilized, are rich in polyphenols, carotenoids, terpenes, peptides, lipids, and other bioactives with potent antioxidant properties. This Special Issue focuses on the valorization of agro-waste and food processing by-products as sustainable sources of natural antioxidants. Emphasis is placed on the identification, extraction, characterization, and application of bioactive compounds with antioxidant potential, as well as their potential applications in food, nutraceutical, and pharmaceutical products.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Isolation and biological activity of redox-active natural products from agro-industrial and food wastes.
- Green, sustainable, and innovative extraction techniques for the recovery of antioxidants from agro-industrial or food waste.
- Phytochemical and bioactive profiling of agro-industrial and food wastes for novel antioxidant compounds.
- Application of recovered antioxidants in food preservation, functional foods, and therapeutic formulations.
- Preclinical studies evaluating efficacy, bioavailability, and safety.
Dr. Charles Manful
Dr. Raymond H. Thomas
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- natural antioxidants
- oxidative stress
- carotenoids
- terpenes
- phytochemicals
- polyphenols
- functional foods
- bioavailability
- translational research
- chronic diseases
- optimization
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