The study of antioxidants and their implications in various fields, from food engineering to
medicine and pharmacy, is of major interest to the scientific community. The present paper is …

The B-vitamins comprise a group of eight water soluble vitamins that perform essential,
closely inter-related roles in cellular functioning, acting as co-enzymes in a vast array of …

Abstract Aims CoV-19/SARS-CoV-2 is a highly pathogenic virus that is causing a global
pandemic with a high number of deaths and infected people. To contain the diffusion of …

Extensive experimental animal studies and epidemiological observations have shown that
environmental influences during early development affect the risk of later pathophysiological …

This chapter presents concepts, technical tips and calculations, along with some illustrative
examples of how the ferric reducing/antioxidant power (FRAP) assay has been applied in …

Humans consume a wide range of foods, drugs, and dietary supplements that are derived
from plants and which modify the functioning of the central nervous sytem (CNS). The …

Responding to the increased popularity of herbal medicines and other forms of
complementary or alternative medicine world-wide, this reference reviews and evaluates …

Antioxidant capacity is related with compounds capable of protecting a biological system
against the potentially harmful effect of processes or reactions involving reactive oxygen and …

Recent development in medicinal field reports a number of disease associated with free
radicals. The risk of diseases due to oxidative stress is compounded by unhealthy lifestyle …

Antioxidants are emerging as prophylactic and therapeutic agents. These are the agents,
which scavenge free radicals otherwise reactive oxygen species and prevent the damage …