Natural Antioxidants in Functional Food
A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Food Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 July 2024 | Viewed by 1804
Special Issue Editors
Interests: liquid chromatography; chromatography; antioxidant activity; biochemistry; natural product chemistry; food chemistry; extraction; diabetes; mass spectrometry; nutrition
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Interests: food science and technology; vegetable food products; functional foods and health claims
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Interests: dietary antioxidants; functional foods; meatbolic diseases; oxidative stress; food chemistry
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Antioxidants present in functional foods constitute a topic of great interest. They are at the heart of various fields of research due to their potential to prevent various pathologies, such as non-communicable chronic degenerative diseases related to aging, oxidative stress, and even poor lifestyle choices. Among the main biological mechanisms of antioxidants are their ability to inhibit the oxidation of macromolecules and protect the organism from the deleterious effect of free radicals and reactive species. In food, antioxidants that are naturally present, intentionally added, or have their content increased by biotechnological or genetic improvement techniques (e.g., vitamin C, tocopherols, carotenoids, or anthocyanins) that contribute to increasing the food’s functional effect and therefore enhance its biological effect on consumers. Antioxidants also delay or prevent food degradation and rancidity, preserving quality and extending the food’s useful life. This is precisely the current direction that the food industry is taking as a response to new trends of consumers, who are increasingly aware that a diet rich in antioxidants is directly related to good health and well-being.
In this Special Issue of Molecules, we would like to bring together original research articles and up-to-date reviews (systematic reviews and meta-analyses), opinion papers, and letters to the editor that address issues related to natural antioxidants and their sources, as well as their role in functional foods and their relationship with human and animal health.
For this Special Issue, we will especially welcome manuscripts that address: (i) exotic foods as new foods; (ii) the extraction, isolation, characterization, identification, and quantification of antioxidant molecules from novel and exotic foods; (iii) the bioactivity, bioaccessibility, and bioavailability of antioxidants; (iv) their action mechanisms and interaction with other components of the food matrix of origin or of other foods; and (v) analytical techniques and in vitro, in vivo, and in silico tests for their characterization.
Dr. José Miguel Álvarez-Suárez
Prof. Dr. Montana Camara
Dr. Abishek Santhakumar
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- natural antioxidants
- bioactive compounds
- functional foods
- novel foods
- exotic foods
- health and nutrition claims
