"Antioxidants" ed. by Emad Shalaby

Experts from around the world contributed to the current book, discussing antioxidant sources, modes of action, and their relation to human diseases.

Antioxidants are substances that can prevent or slow damage to living cells caused by free radicals, which are unstable molecules the body produces as a reaction to environmental and other pressures. Sometimes called “free-radical scavengers,” free radicals can cause mutation in different biological compounds such as protein, nucleic acids, and lipids, which lead to various diseases (cancer, cardiovascular disease, aging, etc.). Healthy foods are considered a main source of antioxidant compounds and from the beginning of a person’s life, a strong relationship is seen between antioxidant compounds and the prevention of certain diseases, such as types of inflammations, cardiovascular diseases, and different kinds of cancers. It is thus of great importance that new data relating to antioxidants and their biological activity be collected and that antioxidant modes of action be illustrated.

Contents
1.Antioxidant Categories and Mode of Action
2.Antioxidant Compounds and Their Antioxidant Mechanism
3.Effect of the Ozonization Degree of Emu Oil over Healing: An Emerging Oxidation Treatment
4.Antioxidant Compounds from Agro-Industrial Residue
5.The Bioaccessible Reducing Capacity of Buckwheat-Enhanced Wheat Breads Estimated by Electrochemical Method
6.Antioxidants in Date Fruits and the Extent of the Variability of the Total Phenolic Content: Review and Analysis
7.Flavonoids and Phenolic Acids as Potential Natural Antioxidants
8.The Role of Endogenous Antioxidants in the Treatment of Experimental Arthritis
9.Antioxidants as a Double-Edged Sword in the Treatment of Cancer
10.Antioxidants at Newborns
11.Prevention of Oxidative Injury Associated with Thrombolysis for Ischemic Stroke
12.Dietary Antioxidants in the Chemoprevention of Prostate Cancer
13.Condensed Benzimidazoles Are a Novel Scaffold for Antioxidant Agents’ Search and Development
14.Importance of the Nutrition with Antioxidants in the Treatment of Cancer and Others Damages
15.Prospects for Using the Natural Antioxidant Compounds in the Obesity Treatment
16.Potential Antioxidative Effects of Kolaviron on Reproductive Function in Streptozotocin-Induced Diabetic Wistar Rats
17.Antioxidant and Biological Activity of Cissus sicyoides and Rosmarinus officinalis Extracts
18.Increase of Oxidants and Antioxidant Consumption in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Peritoneal Dialysis
19.Antioxidants: Natural Antibiotics
20.Diseases Related to Types of Free Radicals
21.The Effect of Antioxidants on Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury in Flap Surgery