The Role of Phytochemicals in Neurological Disorders
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Bioactives and Nutraceuticals".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 April 2024) | Viewed by 1144
Special Issue Editors
Interests: biochemistry and methodologies; Sicilian foods; bioactive compounds; phytochemicals; bioactivity; cell cultures; chemoprevention; oxidative stress; apoptosis; eryptosis
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Interests: functional foods; bioactive compounds; antioxidant capacity; sterols; phytochemicals; bioaccessibility; bioavailability; bioactivity; cell cultures; chemoprevention; oxidative stress; eryptosis; food by-products
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Interests: food and health; bioactive compounds; polyphenols; cell culture and animal models; clinical trials; cardiovascular; cancer; inflammation
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Phytochemicals present in foods, spices and herbs, such as polyphenols, carotenoids and phytosterols, among others, constitute an unlimited source of molecules available for the prevention of numerous diseases and improving human health. Thousands of studies have already firmly established the intimate association between phytochemicals and their significantly neuroprotective activity in neurological disorders (i.e., dementia, cognitive decline, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, stroke, ischemic injury, cancers, etc.), most of which are associated with gradual loss of neurons attributed to increased oxidative stress at the cellular level.
In recent years, bioactive phytochemicals have attracted enormous interest for their roles in preventive strategies (increasing the daily intake) and as adjuvants in the treatment of these pathologies (administered in co-treatment or present in pharmaceutical forms) owing to their potent antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activities. Food supplements containing phytochemicals are now widely used, and it seems that this market will tend to grow more and more in the coming years.
Led by Dr. Alessandro Attanzio, Dr. Antonio Cilla, Dr. Antonio González-Sarrías and our Topical Advisory Panel Member Dr. Ignazio Restivo (University of Palermo). For this Special Issue “The Role of Phytochemicals in Neurological Disorders”, we invite investigators to contribute with original research articles as well as review articles covering the biological effect of natural products in the prevention of neurodegeneration through comparisons between both relevant in vivo and in vitro models and with particular focus on biochemical signaling pathways.
Dr. Alessandro Attanzio
Dr. Antonio Cilla
Dr. Antonio González-Sarrías
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- phytochemicals
- neurodegeneration
- antioxidant activity
- anti-inflammatory activity
- nutrition
- bioactive
- inhibitor
- functional foods
- nutraceuticals
- molecular mechanism
