Antioxidant Activity of Plant Phenolics, 2nd Edition

Dear Colleagues,

This is Series II of the Special Issue “Antioxidant Activity of Plant Phenolics”.

The demand for medicinal plants and their bioactive components has attained a commanding role in global health. The World Health Organization has reported that most of the Earth’s population relies on traditional medicine for their primary healthcare needs, rendering plants and their phytochemical components a main part of any investigation. The use of phytochemical components has been extensively proposed for the amelioration of several oxidative modifications since they possess potent antioxidant properties. The antioxidant properties of plant foods are mainly attributed to polyphenols, a large group of secondary metabolites acting as free radical scavengers and metal chelators and affecting the activity of antioxidant enzymes. The consumption of plant products is of great importance in the Mediterranean diet, known for its benefits to human health. Moreover, the determination of bioactive compounds responsible for pharmacological activities is critically important to producing proper and acceptable medicines. Several methodologies have been developed to evaluate the antioxidant capacity of crude natural extracts or pure isolated chemical compounds derived from natural sources. In this Special Issue, we invite researchers to contribute original research articles and review papers that will approach the complex nature of plant phenolics and assess their antioxidant activity using several methods in order to be introduced in follow-up studies.

Prof. Dr. Dimitrios Kouretas
Dr. Zoi Skaperda
Guest Editors

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• antioxidants
• plants
• phytochemical compounds
• polyphenols
• oxidative stress
• natural products
• bioactive compounds
• herbs
• biomarkers

• Antioxidant Activity of Plant Phenolics in Molecules (13 articles)