This informative volume presents a valuable overview of the therapeutic aspects as well as applications of antioxidants. It discusses the basic mechanisms of therapy-based oxidative damage and categorization of nutritional antioxidants and covers the sources of antioxidants as well as their extraction and quantification. The volume considers the controversies of the usefulness or disadvantages of antioxidant supplementation in relation to adaptation and performance and also looks at the effectiveness of bioactives and antioxidant-based therapies for specific health issues, such as anemia, infectious diseases, urinary tract infections, Parkinson’s diseases, and diabetes. The book discusses the sensing of oxidative stress and the effectiveness of antioxidant treatment, followed by an introduction to several biomarkers to estimate the bioefficacy of dietary/supplemental antioxidants in various forms. Also considered are free radicals that can cause “oxidative stress,” a process that can trigger cell damage, and how antioxidant molecules have been shown to counteract oxidative stress in laboratory experiments. Discusses the basic mechanisms of therapy-based oxidative damage and categorization of nutritional antioxidants. It covers the sources of antioxidants as well as their extraction and quantification and effectiveness of bioactives and antioxidant-based therapies for specific health issues.
Cover 1
Half Title 2
Title Page 4
Copyright Page 5
Table of Contents 8
Contributors 10
Abbreviations 12
Foreword 14
Preface 16
Introduction 18
Acknowledgment 20
1. Nano-Antioxidants, A Next-Generation Therapeutic Strategy 22
2. Role of Phytomedicine in the Challenges to Combat Anemia 42
3. Role of Free Radicals during Infection and the Advancement of Antioxidants to Improve the Treatment of Infectious Diseases 74
4. Role of Antioxidants in Diabetes 98
5. Extraction and Quantification of Antioxidants 118
6. Comparative Estimation of Antioxidant and Antimicrobial Activity of Bioactive Components with Special Reference to Urinary Tract Infection 148
7. Citrus Fruits and Their By-Products, Power House of Remedial Antioxidants 166
8. Antioxidative Defense System in Plants 204
9. Bryophytes, An Extensive Source of Antioxidants 224
10. Natural Antioxidants in the Management of Alzheimer’s Disease 242
11. Oxidative Stress and Parkinson’s Diseases, A Role of Current Therapies 260
12. Solanum lycopersicum, a Reservoir of Antioxidants 274
Index 290
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