Antioxidant and Anti-Inflammatory Activities of Phytochemicals
A special issue of Biomolecules (ISSN 2218-273X). This special issue belongs to the section "Natural and Bio-derived Molecules".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 November 2025 | Viewed by 225
Special Issue Editors
Interests: assessment of the bioactive nature of natural and synthetic molecules, and their role in mediating cell signaling networks and health and disease processes in mammalian systems; the nutritional importance of antioxidants in the diets of humans, and the exploitation of dietary plants to improve health, particularly sulfur-containing compounds
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2. Shanghai Key Laboratory of Bioactive Small Molecules, Department of Pharmacology, School of Pharmacy, Fudan University, Shanghai 201203, China
Interests: inflammation; immune response; hydrogen sulfide; molecular mechanisms; drug discovery; natural product research; pharmacology
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Plant-derived bioactives, which are alternatively referred to as plant secondary metabolites, are widely distributed in nature with many possessing antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties. At the biochemical and molecular level, these compounds act on cell signaling systems in cells and mediate cellular responses to stress. Each year, new molecules with interesting biological properties are identified, and new biological roles for previously characterized compounds are described. These molecules are of key importance to scientists with interests in improving the quality of foods, or as target molecules that are useful in drug development. Collectively, many of these compounds are promising drug candidates, potential functional food ingredients, useful targets in plant breeding programs, or simply chemical tools used to manipulate cell signaling networks.
This Special Issue welcomes original research and reviews of literature on all aspects of antioxidant and anti-inflammatory phytochemicals that can be exploited in food sciences, pharmacology and human health.
Dr. Peter Rose
Prof. Dr. Yi Zhun Zhu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- antioxidants
- plant bioactives
- inflammation
- free radicals
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