Micronutrients, referred to as vitamins and minerals, are required in smaller amounts in diets but are essential for animal and human health. Those are used as components or auxiliary components of biological macromolecules, or in the composition of hormones. Micronutrients such as selenium, zinc, vitamin D, and vitamin E have crucial functions for inhibiting oxidative stress. Oxidative stress can be defined as the excessive production of reactive oxygen species/ nitrogen species (ROS/RNS) in the presence of diminished antioxidant substances. Defense against oxidative stress in vivo is accomplished by interconnecting systems of antioxidant micronutrients (vitamins and minerals) and enzymes. Oxidative stress has been shown that oxidative stress hurts metabolic syndrome-associated diseases.
This Research Topic aims to provide the latest research information about micronutrients on oxidative stress regulation. Studies on the mechanisms involved in ROS/RNS generation, the role of oxidative stress in the onset and progression of metabolic syndrome. It also contributes knowledge about novel therapeutic strategies to reduce oxidative stress.
Topics include but are not limited to the following:
• New functions and pathways of micronutrients in the field of antioxidation
• Selenium and oxidative stress: Variants in selenoproteins’ genes.
• The interaction of minerals and vitamins with genetic polymorphisms in metabolic syndrome-associated diseases.
• Bioactivities of micronutrients on metabolic syndrome and underlying molecular mechanisms.
• Antioxidant strategies that alleviate oxidative injury in metabolic syndrome.
Micronutrients, referred to as vitamins and minerals, are required in smaller amounts in diets but are essential for animal and human health. Those are used as components or auxiliary components of biological macromolecules, or in the composition of hormones. Micronutrients such as selenium, zinc, vitamin D, and vitamin E have crucial functions for inhibiting oxidative stress. Oxidative stress can be defined as the excessive production of reactive oxygen species/ nitrogen species (ROS/RNS) in the presence of diminished antioxidant substances. Defense against oxidative stress in vivo is accomplished by interconnecting systems of antioxidant micronutrients (vitamins and minerals) and enzymes. Oxidative stress has been shown that oxidative stress hurts metabolic syndrome-associated diseases.
This Research Topic aims to provide the latest research information about micronutrients on oxidative stress regulation. Studies on the mechanisms involved in ROS/RNS generation, the role of oxidative stress in the onset and progression of metabolic syndrome. It also contributes knowledge about novel therapeutic strategies to reduce oxidative stress.
Topics include but are not limited to the following:
• New functions and pathways of micronutrients in the field of antioxidation
• Selenium and oxidative stress: Variants in selenoproteins’ genes.
• The interaction of minerals and vitamins with genetic polymorphisms in metabolic syndrome-associated diseases.
• Bioactivities of micronutrients on metabolic syndrome and underlying molecular mechanisms.
• Antioxidant strategies that alleviate oxidative injury in metabolic syndrome.