Antioxidant Defenses Against Stress Caused by Physical or Chemical Environmental Changes
A special issue of Antioxidants (ISSN 2076-3921). This special issue belongs to the section "Health Outcomes of Antioxidants and Oxidative Stress".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 July 2025 | Viewed by 537
Special Issue Editor
Interests: physiological responses of animals to environmental conditions where there are chemical contaminants that can also induce oxidative stress
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Dear Colleagues,
In this Special Issue, entitled “Antioxidant Defenses Against Stress Caused by Physical or Chemical Environmental Changes”, we aim to consider the different antioxidant responses that organisms of all kingdoms put in place following exposure to stressors of both a physical and chemical nature. For example, heat stress is one of the most severe hurdles impacting growth, immunity, homeostasis, and productivity.
The phototoxicity of several environmental contaminants by UV light has been reported in many studies.
Elevated CO2 and O3, singly and in combination, have effects on various physiological and biochemical parameters.
Among the xenobiotics that can cause oxidative stress, heavy metals and benzopyrene are common.
Many classes of compounds, including organophosphorus pesticides, are able to cause oxidative stress that affects the regulation of the delicate cellular redox balance, for example, tissue modeling.
Oxidative stress is, therefore, overcome by antioxidant defenses.
Therefore, in this Special Issue, we aim to collate the most recent studies regarding the different environmental factors that can disturb the normal physiological redox state, considering both the effects and response mechanisms.
Dr. Paola Irato
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- antioxidant defenses
- oxidative stress
- redox state
- physical stress
- chemical stress
- environmental changes
- kingdoms living
- heat stress
- UV light
- CO2 and O3
- heavy metals
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