Oxidative Stress and Antioxidant Defense in Insects
A special issue of Antioxidants (ISSN 2076-3921). This special issue belongs to the section "Health Outcomes of Antioxidants and Oxidative Stress".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 November 2023) | Viewed by 7287
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Interests: digestive tract; insect; invertebrate; pest control; pollinators
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Dear Colleagues,
Insects are important animals that play key roles in the environment and human activities, including that of food production. They inhabit almost all environments, as both terrestrial and aquatic insects exist. They are commonly associated with being agricultural pests or passing on vector-borne diseases to humans and animals, which are issues that are controlled using different strategies, including the use of chemical and biological agents. However, most insects are beneficial for the environment and humans as they play important roles as pollinators of native and cultured plants, they can be natural enemies (such as predators and parasitoids) that control the population of other insect pests, and they are also contributors to nutrient turnover in the environment. Thus, insects are commonly exposed to stressor agents at sublethal levels, which improve oxidative stress, triggering stress pathways in different organs that affect their metabolism, behavior, and lifespan. Therefore, the inhibition of oxidant-mediated effects and the modulation of major antioxidant pathways to counteract oxidative-stress-induced damage have emerged as interesting targets for the conservation of beneficial insects and to understand the side effects of control agents, mainly pesticides.
We invite you to submit your latest research findings or a review article to this Special Issue, which will bring together current research concerning alterations of the oxidant/antioxidant balance in insects and related arthropods, contributing to the comprehension of the defense mechanisms of these organisms in response to environmental pollutants, mainly due to human activities.
Prof. Dr. José Eduardo Serrão
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- invertebrates
- physiology
- reactive species of oxygen
- antioxidants enzymes
- gene expression
- Arthropoda
- pollutants
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