Antioxidants Benefits in Aquaculture—3rd Edition

Dear Colleagues,

As the world aquaculture industry enters its maturity stage, some culture systems, especially intensive systems, fail due to a lack of resources or difficulty in controlling and optimizing rearing conditions. Meanwhile, cultured organisms are in constant biotic and abiotic stress, which affect antioxidant and detoxification responses, and significantly affect zootechnical parameters, such as growth and survival.

Stressing conditions in culture ponds may lead to disrupting homeostasis and causing oxidative stress in organisms. Reactive oxygen species (ROS) in excess can lead to the oxidation of cell membranes, as well as lesions in mitochondria, proteins, DNA, and other cell components.

Medicinal plants, organic and inorganic compounds, microorganisms, and other products are able to improve the antioxidant defense system, helping to prevent and repair oxidative damage, thus enhancing immune responses and general health status. The success of these products in reared organisms depends on factors such as administration ways, doses, genetics, age stadium, culture conditions, and others.

Improving antioxidant response, reared organisms may increase tolerance against biotic and abiotic stressors such as stocking density, salinity, temperature, pathogens, marine toxins, heavy metals, and others.

This Special Issue will publish original research papers and reviews on aspects of antioxidants benefits in aquaculture that relate to the following topics:

• Dietary antioxidants and food supplements;
• Screening of antioxidant products for biological activities;
• Antioxidant potential of live microorganisms or their components;
• Antioxidant products in intestinal health;
• Understanding the pathways of redox homeostasis;
• The relationship between antioxidants and host health;
• Antioxidant response against biotic or abiotic stressors.

We look forward to receiving your contributions.

Dr. Ángel Isidro Cámpa-Córdova
Guest Editor

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• aquaculture
• invertebrates
• vertebrates
• oxidative stress
• antioxidant response
• antioxidant enzymes
• antioxidant gene expression
• antioxidant products