Advances on Plant Extracts: Antioxidant and Anticancer Properties
A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Natural Products Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 January 2027 | Viewed by 113
Editor
Interests: cancer cells; melanin biopolymers; binding of metal ions to melanin; melanoma; free radical processes in cancer; environmental factors and cancer; prevention and treatment of lifestyle diseases; biopharmaceuticals; anticancer drugs; medicinal importance and antioxidant potential of plant extracts; free radicals and antioxidants in food products; spectroscopic methods in the study of antioxidants and free radicals; UV-Vis and electron paramagnetic resonance in pharmacy and medicine
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Plant antioxidants play a significant role in the prevention and treatment of cancer. Cancer is accompanied by oxidative stress, and the disturbed balance between the production and neutralization of free radicals is responsible for changes in cellular structures and influences the processes occurring in cells and tissues. Free radical reactions may result in cancerous changes. Free radicals of melanin biopolymers play a special role in the cancer process. Antioxidant compounds provide protection against free radicals, and they are abundant in plant raw materials.
Currently, significant progress and development of measurement techniques and methods for analyzing the interaction of antioxidants with free radicals are being observed. UV-Vis spectrophotometry and electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy are important methods for studying the magnitude and kinetics of the interaction of antioxidant plant extracts with free radicals. Complex plant raw materials are sought as a material for obtaining effective antioxidant plant extracts of importance in cancer diseases.
I am honored to invite you to publish your works in the Special Issue of Molecules titled “Advances on Plant Extracts: Antioxidant and Anticancer Properties”. I would like to draw your particular attention to issues related to the development of experimental methods in the study of plant antioxidants, as well as the effectiveness of antioxidants in protecting cells against cancer transformations. I kindly invite you to send your publications on this subject in the form of short communications, original research articles, and review papers.
Prof. Dr. Ewa Chodurek
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- plant extracts
- antioxidants
- free radicals
- oxidative stress
- melanin biopolymers
- cancer
- UV-Vis spectrophotometry
- EPR spectroscopy
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