Technological and Biological Function of Antioxidants in 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: 31 August 2026 | Viewed by 14
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Interests: nutritional physiology; natural antioxidants; selenium and selenoproteins; elemental metabolomics; molecular metabolism
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Dear Colleagues,
Recent scientific research has identified a wide range of antioxidant compounds with reducing and free radical–scavenging properties that are widely applied in animal nutrition. These compounds include polyphenols, carbohydrates and their derivatives, terpenoids, trace elements, vitamins, nanoparticles, and components of essential oils, all of which are capable of counteracting oxidative damage in animal organisms. In vivo, antioxidants neutralize reactive oxygen species, peroxides, and other pro-oxidant agents, and modulate redox-sensitive transcription factors, thereby contributing to the mitigation of oxidative stress.
Evidence from animal studies indicates that dietary supplementation with antioxidants reduces oxidative processes, enhances productive performance, improves product quality, and extends product shelf life. More recently, natural antioxidants have also been investigated for their activity against pathogenic microorganisms, including bacteria, viruses, and fungi, particularly in the context of increasing resistance to conventional antimicrobial therapies, which poses a significant challenge to both human and animal health. In addition, antioxidant supplementation has been shown to alleviate cellular oxidative stress associated with cardiovascular, inflammatory, neurodegenerative, and chronic disorders, as well as certain types of cancer.
Given the broad spectrum of biological activities and beneficial effects associated with antioxidants, this field continues to represent an important and active area of research. Moreover, agricultural by-products and waste materials are increasingly recognized as sustainable and valuable sources of antioxidant compounds.
This Special Issue aims to collect high-quality original research articles, reviews, animal trials, and meta-analyses addressing all aspects of antioxidant applications in animal systems, including their biological properties, antioxidant activity, mechanisms of action, and health-related effects. Particular emphasis is placed on studies focusing on antioxidants and natural products that enhance antioxidant capacity through agricultural, analytical, biochemical, molecular, nutritional, or technological approaches, as well as innovative applications in feed science as antioxidant and antimicrobial agents and investigations elucidating antioxidant mechanisms.
Please note that in studies of complex mixtures of natural antioxidant products, the characterization of chemicals using analytical methodologies, such as HPLC, MS, LC–MS, HPLC–MS, and NMR, should be included.
I look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Evangelos Zoidis
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- antioxidants
- bioactive compounds
- essential oils
- animal nutrition
- nano-particles
- oxidative stress
- polyphenols
- radical scavenging
- trace elements
- vitamins
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