Antioxidants: Sources, Methods, Health Benefits and Industrial Applications

The importance of antioxidants in a variety of fields ranging from health to food to innovative materials has increasingly been appreciated. Yet, despite the wealth of research work related to antioxidants in recent literature, there are still many issues to be addressed concerning the mechanism of action, the bioavailability of dietary antioxidants, oxidative stress and antioxidant defense systems, antioxidant-based therapeutic strategies, antioxidant functional food, and design of biomaterials with antioxidant properties for use in biomedical applications or functional packaging. We also have to continue pursuing new natural sources of antioxidants, while shifting toward sustainable methodologies for their extraction and, finally, we need to standardize the methods for evaluating and ranking antioxidant power. This Special Issue will collect contributions from attendees of “The First International Conference on Antioxidants: Sources, Methods, Health Benefits and Industrial Applications” scheduled on March 2022, but it is open to researchers that are interested in publishing their work related to the following main topics covered by the conference sessions 

• Health Outcomes of Antioxidants and Oxidative Stress with special emphasis on:
  Cancer; cardiovascular diseases; microbiome and gut health; metabolic disorders; neurodegenerative pathologies
• Antioxidant Enzyme Systems with special emphasis on:
  ROS; RNS and RSS; mitochondria; redox signaling; photooxidative stress
• Natural and Synthetic Antioxidants with special emphasis on:
  Occurrence; preparation methods; mechanisms of action; evaluation/measurement methodologies; green extraction procedures
• Industrial Applications with special emphasis on:
  Biomaterials; functional packaging; biomedical devices

Prof. Dr. Alessandra Napolitano
Dr. Rosa M. Lamuela-Raventos
Guest Editors

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