Dear Colleagues,

We are proposing a second volume of our Special Issue, "The Role of Antioxidants in Pregnant Women’s and Children's Health" to provide clinicians, biochemists, and the rest of the research community with an opportunity to deepen their knowledge on this important and fascinating topic. Disorders of reduction-oxidation processes are important for the etiology and development of reproductive, pregnancy, fetus, and child diseases. Oxidative stress is involved in the fetal programming of many diseases, so special attention will be given to the relationship between pro-oxidants and antioxidants in metabolic disorders manifesting in childhood, including rare diseases. Free radical damage is a common denominator of many biochemical processes, including inflammatory, autoimmune, and neurotoxic processes. Therefore, an efficient and integrated antioxidant defense system is critical for balancing ROS content. The contribution of both endogenous (e.g., antioxidant enzymes, glutathione) and exogenous (e.g., vitamins, minerals) antioxidants to free radical stabilization remains an ongoing research topic. The role of adipokines as anti- (e.g., adiponectin, omentin) and pro-oxidant (e.g., leptin, resistin) factors is particularly interesting, despite receiving relatively little recognition.

The use of a wide range of biochemical markers to determine the severity of oxidative stress and to assess the efficiency of antioxidant systems in pathological states provides opportunities to advance our knowledge of the etiology of many diseases and the potential use of antioxidant supplementation in their course.

We invite you to submit your latest research findings or review articles to the second volume of this Special Issue, which will gather current research on the role of antioxidants in preventing ROS damage in pregnant women, newborns, and children and the potential application of therapeutic strategies for reducing oxidative-stress-mediated disorders.

Dr. Magdalena Chełchowska
Dr. Jadwiga Ambroszkiewicz
Dr. Joanna Gajewska
Guest Editors

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• antioxidants
• oxidative stress
• pregnancy
• newborns
• infants
• children
• glutathione
• adipokines
• vitamins
• microelements
• reproductive health
• metabolic disease
• lifestyle factors