Antioxidants in Livestock Science: From Feed to Product
A special issue of Antioxidants (ISSN 2076-3921). This special issue belongs to the section "Extraction and Industrial Applications of Antioxidants".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2022) | Viewed by 7432
Special Issue Editor
Interests: meat nutrition; food control; livestock
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Animal production provides valuable and abundant products for human consumption. In animal organisms, oxidative reactions are typically initiated by reactive oxygen species (ROS) or reactive nitrogen species (RNS) produced because of cellular metabolism, which is the basis of numerous biochemical pathways and cell functions. Animals maintain optimal tissue redox balance through pro-oxidant and endogenous antioxidant mechanisms. Oxidative damage to cellular components occurs when the body is stressed by internal and external conditions that cause an imbalance in the antioxidant system. Meanwhile, the pro-oxidative environment created in post-mortem muscles upon animal slaughter leads to the occurrence of oxidative reactions during aging, handling, processing, and storage of muscle foods. Oxidation processes have for decades been the focus of animal and meat scientists owing to the negative impact of these reactions on animal growth, performance, and food quality, and even cause enormous economic losses. Antioxidant strategies based on nutritional manipulation or the application of phytochemicals, mineral elements, vitamins, etc. with antioxidant potential in the feeds or directly in the meat product are considered to be the current safe means by which to deal with these undesirable reactions.
We invite you to submit your latest research findings or review articles to this Special Issue, which will bring together current research concerning oxidative damage and antioxidants in livestock science from feed to product, including but not limited to the key role and/or mechanisms of antioxidants in the neutralization of oxidative stress, and improvement of growth performance, immunization, and product quality.
Dr. Zhengfeng Fang
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- oxidative stress
- antioxidant capacity
- nutritional manipulation
- production performance
- health promotion
- animality foods
