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Handbook of Antioxidant Methodology : Approaches to Activity Determination / edited by Paul D. Prenzler, Danielle Ryan, and Kevin Robards.

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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Prenzler, Paul D., editor.
Ryan, Danielle, editor.
Robards, K. (Kevin), editor.
Series:
ISSO (Series)
Issn Series
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Analytical chemistry--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Analytical chemistry.
Antioxidants--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Antioxidants.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (536 pages)
Edition:
First edition.
Place of Publication:
London, England : The Royal Society of Chemistry, [2021]
Summary:
Addressing a number of the controversies on antioxidant testing methods, this book provides guidance on what methods are most appropriate for different situations, how results are interpreted and what can be inferred from the data.
Contents:
Cover
Preface
Contents
Chapter 1 Introduction to Basic Principles of Antioxidant Activity
1.1 Background
1.2 Oxidation (and Reduction)
1.2.1 Oxidants
1.2.2 Substrates
1.2.3 Markers of Oxidation
1.3 Antioxidants Defined
1.4 Antioxidant Action
1.4.1 Rate of Oxidation Reaction
1.4.2 Kinetics and Thermodynamics
1.5 Classification of Antioxidants
1.6 What is Antioxidant Activity?
1.6.1 Historical Notions
1.6.2 Current Thinking
1.7 Antioxidant Bibliometrics
References
Chapter 2 Antioxidants Recovery and Extraction
2.1 Introduction
2.1.1 Generalities on the Analytical Process
2.1.2 Sample Pretreatment
2.1.3 The Extractant and its Key Role in the Extraction Step
2.2 Antioxidant Extraction from Solid Raw Materials
2.2.1 Conventional and Soxhlet Extraction
2.2.2 Microwave-assisted Extraction
2.2.3 Ultrasound-assisted Extraction (USAE)
2.2.4 Superheated-liquid Extraction
2.2.5 Supercritical-fluid Extraction (SFE)
2.3 Extraction of Antioxidants from Liquids
2.3.1 Liquid-Liquid Extraction
2.3.2 Solid-phase Extraction and Microextraction
2.4 Extraction under Green-chemistry Conditions
2.5 Comparison of Extraction Methods for Antioxidants
Abbreviations
Chapter 3 Antioxidant Activity - Preliminary Considerations for Measurement
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Why Measure Activity Rather than Concentration?
3.3 Measurement of Antioxidant Activity
3.3.1 General Issues
3.3.2 Why and Where
3.3.3 How
3.3.4 Laboratory Studies
3.4 What Does Antioxidant Activity Tell Us?
3.5 Why Bother at All?
Chapter 4 Free Radical Inhibition Mechanisms - Implications for Measurementy
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Generation of Free Radicals and Oxidative Stress
4.3 Chemical-based Total Antioxidant Assays
4.3.1 Reaction Mechanisms.
4.3.2 Common TAC Assays
4.3.3 Choice of TAC Assays
4.4 Controversial and Future Prospects
4.4.1 Controversies of Dietary Antioxidants and TAC Assays
4.4.2 Are TAC Assays of Value?
4.5 Conclusion
Chapter 5 Total Antioxidant Capacity Measurements in Food and Beverages
5.1 Contribution of Antioxidants to the Total Antioxidant Capacity
5.2 Methods for TAC Measurement in Food and Beverages
5.3 TAC Data of Raw Foods
5.4 Effect of Food Processing on TAC Measurements
5.4.1 Cooking Methods
5.4.2 Storage and Preservation Methods
5.5 The Use of TAC Data in Food Science, Nutrition and Health
5.5.1 Screening of Ingredients
5.5.2 Application of TAC Data in Quality Control and Food Processes
5.5.3 Use of TAC Data in Developing New Foods and Pharmaceutical Supplements
5.5.4 Food Policies and Marketing
5.6 TAC Data, Nutrition and Health
5.6.1 Estimation of the Intake
5.6.2 Total Antioxidant Capacity Intake and its Health Benefits
5.6.3 Future Recommendations and Applications of TAC Data in Biomedical Research
Acknowledgements
Chapter 6 Exogenous Antioxidants Derived from Plants, Fungi, and Other Taxa
6.1 Oxidative Challenge in Aerobic Organisms - An Introduction to the Biology of Reactive Species
6.2 Oxidative Stress - Effects on Human Health
6.3 Human Endogenous Enzymatic and Nonenzymatic Defense System
6.3.1 Enzymatic Antioxidants
6.3.2 Non-enzymatic Antioxidants
6.4 Human Exogenous Defense System
6.4.1 Plants - A Major Contribution to the Human Exogenous Antioxidant Defense System
6.4.2 Exogenous Antioxidants From Fungi and Other Taxa
6.5 Plant Antioxidants and Their Mechanism of Action
6.6 Evaluation of the Antioxidant Properties of Plant Extracts
6.6.1 Extraction.
6.6.2 Analytical Procedures for Measuring Antioxidant Activity/Capacity of Plant Extracts
6.7 Concluding Remarks and Critical Assessment
Chapter 7 Oxidative Stress and Response in Physiological Systems
7.1 Oxidative and Reductive Stress
7.1.1 In Which Cellular Components do These Processes Occur?
7.1.2 Diseases that (very likely) Involve Oxidative and Reductive Stress
7.2 Biomarkers of Oxidative and Reductive Stress
7.2.1 Biomarkers Based on Lipids
7.2.2 Non-lipid Biomarkers
7.2.3 If Not Direct Antioxidants/Radical Scavengers, Then What?
7.3 Conclusions
Chapter 8 Accelerated Stability Testing - History and Recent Developments
8.1 Introduction
8.2 Antioxidants and their Role
8.3 Common Analytical Methods for Determining the Oxidative Status of Lipids
8.3.1 Traditional Accelerated Stability Tests
8.3.2 Formation of Aromatics and Polymerization
8.3.3 Differential Scanning Calorimetry
8.3.4 Spectroscopic Methods
8.4 Conclusion
Chapter 9 Measurement of Antioxidant Concentration in Active Food Packaging - Impact on Activity in the Stored Food
9.1 What is Active Packaging
9.2 Antioxidant Packaging Materials
9.2.1 Incorporation of Antioxidant Compounds in the Bulk of the Polymeric Matrix by Coating Technologies
9.2.2 Incorporation of Antioxidant Compounds in the Bulk of the Polymeric Matrix by Extrusion Technologies
9.2.3 Incorporation of Antioxidant Compounds on the Surface of Polymer Films by Immobilization
9.2.4 Inherently Antioxidant Polymers
9.3 Methods of Assessing Packaging Effectiveness
9.3.1 Measurement of the Antioxidant Activity by Direct Analysis on the Food
9.3.2 Measurement of the Antioxidant Activity by Analysis of the Package Headspace.
9.3.3 Analysis Methods Directly on the Packaging
9.4 Challenges of Active Antioxidant Packaging
9.5 Conclusions
Chapter 10 Antioxidant Activity and the Role of Gene and Protein Expression in Oxidative Stress
10.1 Introduction
10.2 Reactive Oxygen Species: Pros and Cons
10.3 Oxidative Stress and Antioxidant Defense Mechanisms
10.4 Physiological Role of ROS on Gene and Protein Expression
10.4.1 Transcription Factors
10.4.2 Protein Kinases and Phosphatases
10.4.3 Apoptotic Signaling Cascade
10.4.4 Redox Pathways
10.4.5 Thioredoxins and Peroxiredoxins
10.4.6 Glutathione
10.4.7 Glutaredoxins
10.5 Oxidative Stress and Diseases
10.5.1 Central Nervous System (CNS) and Psychiatric Disorders
10.5.2 Cardiovascular Disease
10.5.3 Osteoarticular and Musculo-skeletal Diseases
10.5.4 Cancer
10.5.5 Metabolic Disorders: Diabetes and Obesity
10.5.6 Respiratory Diseases
10.6 General Mechanisms of Antioxidant Actions
10.7 Effects of Antioxidants on Gene and Protein Expression: Activities at the Cellular Level Toward Antioxidant Therapeutics
10.7.1 Antioxidant Medications and Drug Interactions for CNS and Psychiatric Disorders
10.7.2 Antioxidant Medications and Drug Interactions for Cardiovascular Diseases
10.7.3 Antioxidant Medications for Osteoarticular and Musculo-skeletal Diseases
10.7.4 Cancer Medications and Gene Interactions
10.7.5 Antioxidant Medications for Diabetes Mellitus
10.7.6 Antioxidant Medications for Respiratory Diseases
10.8 Summary and Conclusions
Chapter 11 Antioxidant Measurements Using Microfluidics Technology
11.1 Microfluidic Systems
11.1.1 Components of Microfluidic Analytical Devices
11.1.2 Detection Techniques for Microfluidic Devices
11.1.3 Fabrication of Microfluidic Devices.
11.1.4 Introduction of Nanostructures in Microfluidic Systems
11.1.5 Challenges in Microfluidic Analytical Systems
11.1.6 Paper-based Microfluidic Devices
11.1.7 Objectives of the Chapter
11.2 Microfluidic Assays for Antioxidants
11.2.1 Methods for the Analysis of Total Antioxidant Activity and Content
11.2.2 Methods for the Discrimination of Phenolic Antioxidants
11.3 Conclusion and Future Directions
Chapter 12 Chemometrics in Antioxidant Activity Measurements
12.1 Introduction
12.2 Chemometrics - What Is It?
12.2.1 Data Structure and Pre-processing
12.2.2 Exploratory Multivariate Methods: PCA and HCA
12.2.3 Supervised Multivariate Methods: LDA and PLS-DA
12.2.4 One-class Classifiers: SIMCA
12.2.5 Results of Classification: Figures of Merit (FoM)
12.2.6 Multivariate Regression
12.3 Applications of Chemometrics in Antioxidant Measurements: From UV-Vis Spectrophotometry to Sophisticated Spectroscopic Meth
12.4 Concluding Remarks
Chapter 13 Electrochemical Measurements
13.1 Why Consider Antioxidant Electrochemistry?
13.2 Electrochemical Techniques
13.3 Electroanalysis of Biological Fluids
13.4 Electroanalysis of Dietary Antioxidant Compounds
13.4.1 Vitamins
13.4.2 Polyphenols
13.5 Electroanalysis of Foods and Beverages
13.5.1 Teas and Coffees
13.5.2 Wines
13.5.3 Further Beverages
13.5.4 Food Extracts
13.6 Reactive Oxygen Species and
Assay Oxidants
13.7 Modified Electrodes for Antioxidant Electroanalysis
13.8 Enzymatic Biosensors
13.9 Commercialization of Electrochemical Methods
13.10 Concluding Remarks
Chapter 14 Metabolomics and the Measurement of Antioxidant Behavior
14.1 Introduction
14.2 Instrumentation for Metabolomics
14.3 Data Processing
14.3.1 Peak Alignment
14.3.2 Normalization.
14.3.3 Compound Annotation.
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ISBN:
9781839165344
1839165340
9781839165337
1839165332
OCLC:
1285780266

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