Second Edition of Bioavailability and Bioactivity of Plant Antioxidants

A special issue of Antioxidants (ISSN 2076-3921). This special issue belongs to the section "Natural and Synthetic Antioxidants".

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Institute of Food Technology and Analysis, Faculty of Biotechnology and Food Sciences, Lodz University of Technology, 2/22 Stefanowskiego Street, 90-537 Lodz, Poland
Interests: cocoa beans; acorns, roasting; phenolic compounds; methylxanthines; tocopherols; phytosterols; Maillard reaction products; melanoidins; antioxidant capacities; isolation and characterization of bioactive compounds; nutraceuticals
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Institute of Food Technology and Analysis, Faculty of Biotechnology and Food Sciences, Lodz University of Technology, 2/22 Stefanowskiego Street, 90-537 Lodz, Poland
Interests: cocoa beans; roasting; phenolic compounds; methylxanthines; tocopherols; phytosterols; Maillard reaction products; antioxidant capacities; isolation and characterization of bioactive compounds; nutraceuticals
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

We are organizing a second edition of the Special Issue “Bioavailability and Bioactivity of Plant Antioxidants” in Antioxidants, which is an interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed open access journal for research into the science and technology of antioxidants.

Plant-derived antioxidants comprise a large group of chemical compounds including secondary plant metabolites (e.g., polyphenols, carotenoids, tocopherols, and coumarins) and substances formed in food during processing (e.g., Maillard reaction products). These compounds are widely distributed in fruits and vegetables as well as their derived products. Natural antioxidants have been gaining increasing interest due to the association between their consumption and the prevention of cardiovascular disease, cancer, neurodegenerative disorders, diabetes, and other illnesses. Many research studies on plant-derived antioxidants have shown that these compounds exhibit a wide range of biological effects, including anti-aging, anti-inflammatory, anti-atherosclerotic, and anticancer effects. The bioavailability and bioefficacy of plant-derived antioxidants, including polyphenols, carotenoids, and tocopherols, are dependent on their molecular structure, food matrix, occurrence of other substances, and their digestion pathways. Recent evidence suggests that knowledge of the pharmacokinetics and metabolism of bioactive compounds is crucial to understand their role and function in human health. Furthermore, interactions of these bioactive compounds with the gut microbiota may also influence their biological roles. However, the precise mechanisms of the action, effects, and bioavailability of plant antioxidants have still not yet been fully characterized.

This Special Issue is therefore seeking original research articles and reviews covering the elucidated effects of metabolism and pharmacokinetics on the efficacy of plant antioxidants and other potential health-promoting mechanisms. Also welcome are in vitro and in vivo studies on the plant-derived antioxidant–gut microbiota interactions as well as the bioavailability, bioaccessibility, and bioactivity (e.g., antioxidant and anti-inflammatory) of plant antioxidants.

Dr. Joanna Oracz
Prof. Dr. Dorota Żyżelewicz
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • natural antioxidants
  • polyphenols
  • carotenoids
  • tocopherols and tocotrienols
  • Maillard reaction products
  • in vitro and in vivo antioxidant activity
  • mechanism of action of antioxidant compounds
  • bioaccessibility and bioavailability of antioxidant compounds
  • metabolism and pharmacokinetics of plant antioxidants
  • interaction of plant antioxidants with gut microbiota
  • microbial catabolites

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Exploring the Antioxidant Potential of Blackberry and Raspberry Leaves: Phytochemical Analysis, Scavenging Activity, and In Vitro Polyphenol Bioaccessibility
by Iulia Varzaru, Alexandra Gabriela Oancea, Petru Alexandru Vlaicu, Mihaela Saracila and Arabela Elena Untea
Antioxidants 2023, 12(12), 2125; https://doi.org/10.3390/antiox12122125 - 16 Dec 2023
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The goal of this research was nutritional evaluation through the phytochemical analysis of blackberry and raspberry leaves, the screening of their biological activity (antioxidant capacity and inhibition of lipid peroxidation), and the investigation of the effect of in vitro gastrointestinal digestion (GID) of [...] Read more.
The goal of this research was nutritional evaluation through the phytochemical analysis of blackberry and raspberry leaves, the screening of their biological activity (antioxidant capacity and inhibition of lipid peroxidation), and the investigation of the effect of in vitro gastrointestinal digestion (GID) of blackberry and raspberry leaves on the bioaccessibility of polyphenol subclasses. The concentrations of the analyzed liposoluble antioxidants were higher (p < 0.05) in blackberry leaves compared to raspberry leaves, while a significant (p < 0.05) higher content of water-soluble antioxidants was registered in raspberry leaves (with a total polyphenol content of 26.2 mg GAE/g DW of which flavonoids accounted for 10.6 mg/g DW). Blackberry leaves had the highest antioxidant capacity inhibition of the superoxide radicals (O2•−), while raspberry leaves registered the highest inhibition of hydroxyl radicals (OH), suggesting a high biological potency in scavenging-free radicals under in vitro systems. The maximum inhibition percentage of lipid peroxidation was obtained for blackberry leaves (24.86% compared to 4.37% in raspberry leaves), suggesting its potential to limit oxidative reactions. Simulated in vitro digestion showed that hydroxybenzoic acids registered the highest bioaccessibility index in the intestinal phase of both types of leaves, with gallic acid being one of the most bioaccessible phenolics. The outcomes of this investigation reveal that the most significant release of phenolic compounds from blackberry and raspberry leaves occurs either during or after the gastric phase. Knowledge about the bioaccessibility and stability of polyphenol compounds during digestion can provide significant insights into the bioavailability of these molecules and the possible effectiveness of plant metabolites for human health. Full article
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