Editorial: Dietary Antioxidants and Metabolic Diseases

Dietary Licorice - Root Antioxidants Reduce Heart Diseases

A therosclerosis is related to inflammatory conditions, which are initiated by invasion of low density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol (“the bad cholesterol”) into the artery wall. The early atherosclerotic lesion is characterized by the accumulation of cells loaded with cholesterol, which gain the appearance of foam cells. Elevated plasma levels of LDLcholesterol are major risk factors for cardi...

Vitagenes, dietary antioxidants and neuroprotection in neurodegenerative diseases.

The ability of a cell to counteract stressful conditions, known as cellular stress response, requires the activation of pro-survival pathways and the production of molecules with anti-oxidant, anti-apoptotic or pro-apoptotic activities. Among the cellular pathways conferring protection against oxidative stress, a key role is played by vitagenes, which include heat shock proteins (Hsps) heme oxy...

Drug-Metabolizing Enzymes and Metabolic Diseases: Role of Antioxidants

Copyright © 2016 Salah A. Sheweita et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Drug-metabolizing enzymes include many cytochrome P450 isozymes and others. The hepatic cytochromes P450 (CYP) are a multigene family of enz...

Dietary Supplements/Antioxidants: Impact on Redox Status in Brain Diseases

Neuroinflammation Group, Department of Biomedical Research, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, Australia Department of Food Science and Nutrition, CAMS, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman Laboratory of Metabolism and Membrane Biochemistry, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA Department ...

Food Insecurity and Chronic Diseases: The Editorial