Antioxidants: The Molecular Guardians Against Oxidative Stress
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Plant Sciences".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 August 2025 | Viewed by 109
Special Issue Editor
Interests: antioxidants; free radicals; secondary plant metabolites; functional food; neurodegenerative diseases; Alzheimer's disease; polyphenols; terpenes
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Dear Colleagues,
The world around us is a source of the creation of a wide range of free radicals that our body has to deal with and, in addition to these external sources, there are of course also physiological sources of free radicals and oxidants that negatively affect the functioning of the body. An organism attacked by these reactive forms must protect itself, but unfortunately internal systems sometimes fail to repel these attacks. It is therefore extremely important to provide compounds with free radical scavenging potential and antioxidants, which together form a strong defence shield for our organism. Oxidative processes lead to damage to cell organelles and cell mutations, which lead to the development of many diseases, including those termed ‘diseases of civilisation’. The antioxidant shield is the first stage of our organism’s protection against disorder processes and the premature ageing of the body.
We are pleased to invite you to submit your latest manuscripts to this Special Issue of our journal ‘Antioxidants: The Molecular Guardians Against Oxidative Stress’.
This Special Issue invites articles centred on studies of plant origin extracts, essential oils, or selected secondary plant metabolites towards their antioxidant activity, evaluated in both in vitro and in vivo models. Researchers from diverse fields such as pharmacy, chemistry, and biology across the globe are encouraged to contribute their findings on plant bioactive compounds and their potential health benefits.
In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome and research areas may include, but are not limited to:
- Antioxidants and free radical scavenging;
- New analytical methods based on antioxidant activity;
- The influence of free radicals or antioxidants on disease development;
- The characterization of antioxidants;
- The mechanisms of action of antioxidants or free radical scavengers;
- Oxidative stress in human life.
Dr. Karolina A. Wojtunik-Kulesza
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- antioxidant
- free radical
- oxidative stress
- essential oils
- secondary plant metabolites
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