The Antioxidant Potential of the Mediterranean Diet
A special issue of Antioxidants (ISSN 2076-3921). This special issue belongs to the section "Health Outcomes of Antioxidants and Oxidative Stress".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 22 May 2024 | Viewed by 211
Special Issue Editors
Interests: neurobiology; endocrinology; neurotrophins; oxidative stress; cancer; toxicology; addiction; antioxidants; polyphenols; alcohol use disorders
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Dietary polyphenols and vitamin antioxidants act as additional defense mechanisms against the development of non-communicable diseases, oxidative stress, and systemic inflammation. Indeed, non-communicable diseases indicate a group of conditions that are not mostly induced by an acute infection leading to long-term lasting consequences. These disorders include cardiovascular disease, cancers, chronic lung illnesses and diabetes. Potentiated nutritional antioxidant content (i.e., polyphenols and vitamins) plays a crucial role in reducing the occurrence of cancer, stroke, coronary artery disease, and heart-associated problems.
The traditional Mediterranean diet consumption is rich in vitamins and polyphenols, known to be contained in extra virgin olive oil, nuts, whole grains, vegetables, fruits, and red wine. Furthermore, vitamins A, C and E, and the mineral selenium may act as antioxidants. Plant polyphenols are vegetable metabolites with a wide number of phenol groups. Indeed, numerous hydroxyl groups make polyphenols powerful antioxidants with anti-inflammatory capabilities too.
Nevertheless, such great in vitro anti-inflammatory properties not always may be turned into beneficial effects in vivo, because the bioavailability of plant polyphenols varies significantly. Thus, pharmacological supplementation of polyphenols has been proposed.
This Special Issue focuses on the current understanding and future research directions regarding the antioxidant and anti-inflammatory potential of the Mediterranean diet. We warmly welcome original research (clinical and preclinical data) and review articles relating to this hot topic.
Dr. Marco Fiore
Dr. Giampiero Ferraguti
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- antioxidant
- mediterranean diet
- polyphenols
- vitamins
- non-communicable diseases
- oxidative stress
- inflammation
- bioavailability
