Oxidative Stress in Herbal Medicine
A special issue of Antioxidants (ISSN 2076-3921).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 April 2021) | Viewed by 3488
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Expectations for herbal medicines are now growing on a global scale. Antioxidative effects are the central pharmacological activity of herbal medicines, which are used both in the East and the West and in both traditional and modern approaches. The characteristics of herbal medicines, which differ from those of modern drug therapy, are based on the composition of several active ingredients produced as a result of the combination of crude drug components that generate their specific pharmacological effects. This is also applicable to their antioxidant activities. While purified natural antioxidants and synthesised antioxidative compounds usually have a single or a few reactive points, the reactive points of herbal medicines are multiple and diverse in complex oxidative-stress-related reactions. These effects are mainly antioxidative but may sometimes be pro-oxidative. Consequently, herbal medicines do not simply reduce oxidative stress, but rather cause more complex oxidative–antioxidative shifts, which are deeply related to their unique pharmacological effects.
In this Special Issue, we focus on the unique antioxidative effects of herbal medicines, which differ from those of modern drug therapy, leading to the creation of a de novo strategy to control oxidative stress. Both basic and clinical research articles are welcome. We look forward to your submission.
Prof. Dr. Aki Hirayama
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- herbal medicine
- oxidative stress
- reactive oxygen species
- reactive nitrogen species
- antioxidants
- control of oxidative stress
- lipid peroxidation
- antioxidants
- Nrf2–Keap1 system
- NFkB
