Antioxidant Properties of Medicinal Plants
A special issue of Processes (ISSN 2227-9717). This special issue belongs to the section "Pharmaceutical Processes".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (28 February 2022) | Viewed by 9916
Special Issue Editors
Interests: antiviral activity of natural products and synthesized compounds; cytotoxicity of natural products and synthesized compounds on normal and cancer cell lines; oxidative stress, total antioxidant status (TAS); the activities of glutathione peroxidase (GPx) and superoxide dismutase (SOD) in cancer associated with viral infection and diabetic patients
Interests: phytochemistry and biological activity of natural products; in vitro evaluation of cytotoxicity of natural products, synthesized compounds, and medical materials on normal and cancer cell lines; virus culturing techniques; antiviral activity of natural products and synthesized compounds; the use of molecular biology
Interests: oxidative stress, total antioxidant status (TAS); the activities of glutathione peroxidase (GPx) and superoxide dismutase (SOD) in cancer associated with viral infection and diabetic patients
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Free radicals are responsible for oxidative stress in a human body, which has been associated with a variety of diseases including cancer, cardiovascular diseases, and diabetes, as well as Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, and other neurodegenerative diseases. There is plenty of research published describing antioxidant molecules, both natural and synthetic, that have been shown to prevent formation of free radicals or to scavenge excessive amounts already formed and counteract oxidative stress in laboratory experiments using ex vivo, in vitro and in vivo experiments. However, it still remains uncertain whether supplementing our diet with those substances actually benefits our health. Moreover, the current trend to consume food supplements enriched with antioxidants raises concerns about their safety, and some researchers point out that excessive doses of antioxidants may even be harmful.
Medicinal plants are an abundant source of antioxidant molecules including flavonoids, tannins, phenols, and lignans and are often used both as a part of traditional medicine and also as important constituents of a variety of food supplements in many countries all over the world.
This Special Issue on “Antioxidant Properties of Medicinal Plants” aims to present advances in the studies of antioxidant properties of medicinal plants with a special emphasis on the actual benefits those properties may have on a human body, as well as on the safety of consuming food supplements enriched with antioxidants. Topics include but are not limited to:
- Antioxidant properties of medicinal plants;
- The influence of antioxidants present in medicinal plants on the human body;
- Prevention of diseases associated with oxidative stress using medicinal plants;
- Safety of consuming food supplements enriched with natural antioxidants.
Prof. Dr. Małgorzata Polz-Dacewicz
Dr. Łukasz Świątek
Dr. Ewa Kliszczewska
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Antioxidant properties
- Disease prevention
- Food supplements
- Medicinal plants
- Natural antioxidants
- Oxidative stress
