The 2nd International Electronic Conference on Antioxidants
IECAN 2025 Conference Closed.
The Best Oral Presentation Awards and Best Poster Awards of IECAN 2025 will be announced soon.
You can directly download your electronic Certificate of Attendance HERE.
Click HERE for the abstract book.
Click HERE for the poster gallery.
Accepted abstracts are eligible for publication in a Special Issue published of Antioxidants (ISSN: 2076-3921, Impact Factor: 6.0), with a 20% discount on the publication fee.
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the chair
Dear Colleagues,
You are cordially invited to participate in The 2nd International Electronic Conference on Antioxidants. This event will offer researchers working in the field of antioxidants the opportunity to present and discuss their latest research findings.
The conference is organized by the MDPI open-access journal Antioxidants and will be held as a three-day event on 7–9 April 2025.
At present, antioxidants encompass a significant area of investigation for researchers from many disciplines, and their importance in a variety of fields, from health and food to innovative materials, is increasingly appreciated.
Surveying the topics of the papers recently contributed to our journal, it appears that the fields covered are diverse and broad. We therefore chose to focus the conference theme on a few topics that are currently gaining considerable interest in order to allow for in-depth discussions among participants.
The implication of oxidative stress in severe pathological conditions at high incidence, such as cardiovascular diseases, or chronic conditions, such as obesity or diabetes, affecting large segments of the population is now largely documented; however, the underlying mechanisms of these diseases and conditions and possible interventions are yet to be defined.
The search for novel antioxidants, either natural or bioinspired, with high bioactivity represents a greatly pursued research goal, but it is the metabolism of these compounds and their effects on the gut microbiome that is perceived as a critical issue to address.
Methods for the efficient recovery of antioxidants from natural sources and possibly agri-food waste and by-products, their testing with robust and reproducible methodologies to allow for comparative evaluation and their use in nutrition, food preservation, biomedical and other applications are issues concentrating the efforts of investigators in the field.
In this edition of the e-conference, we have planned relatively short sessions and a lively discussion to take place after each presentation.
The topics selected for the six planned sessions are as follows:
Session 1. Oxidative Stress in Obesity;
Session 2. Oxidative Stress and Inflammation in Cardiovascular Diseases;
Session 3. Antioxidants in Chronic Disease: From Dietary Prevention to Therapeutic Intervention;
Session 4. Antioxidants Intake and Gut Microbiome;
Session 5. Natural and Synthetic Antioxidants and Antioxidant Enzyme Systems;
Session 6. Antioxidant Extraction, Assay and Industrial Applications.
Accepted abstracts will be published in the proceedings of the conference, and authors will be invited to submit their abstracts as full manuscripts, which will be considered for publication in a Special Issue of Antioxidants, with a 20% discount on the APC applied.
Conference Chair,
Prof. Dr. Alessandra Napolitano
Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Naples “Federico II”, Italy
Important Dates
- Abstract submission deadlineJan 08, 2025
- Abstract acceptance notificationFeb 13, 2025
- Registration end dateApr 01, 2025
Meet Our Speakers
Department of Pharmacy, "G. d'Annunzio" University of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy;
Dr. Marialucia Gallorini graduated in 2011 in Pharmacy at the University of Chieti-Pescara. In 2016 she has completed her PhD in Drug Sciences as Doctor Europaeus with a thesis entitled “Adaptive cell responses to oxidative stress towards biomaterials, chemical and chemotherapeutic agents in the oral cavity”. From 2014 to 2021, she is Visiting Scientist at the University Hospital of Regensburg (Germany). Dr. Marialucia Gallorini is currently Senior Researcher and Teaching Assistant of Human Anatomy at the Department of Pharmacy of the University of Chieti. She has been enrolled for this position in 2019, through a Horizon 2014-2020 Grant assigned to the Department of Pharmacy and furtherly confirmed as a permanent researcher.
Dr. Marialucia Gallorini has authored more than 60 papers in international peer-reviewed journals (h-index=20; n. of citations=1330). Her main research interests are investigating cell responses towards oxidative stress and inflammation in different cell models, from immunocompetent cells to mesenchymal stem cells and tendon-derived cells, and analyzing biocompatibility and osteoconductive potential of materials for regenerative medicine purposes. She is currently involved in several funded projects regarding the interplay between immunomodulation and cancer or regenerative medicine, with an eye on the key role of the host microbiota in this processes.
Hector-Center for Nutrition, Exercise and Sports Department of Medicine 1, University Hospital Erlangen Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany;
Prof. Dejan Reljic is the head of the Sports Medicine & Exercise Physiology Laboratory at the Hector-Center for Nutrition, Exercise and Sports. They are interested in developing and testing innovative exercise and nutritional interventions in chronic diseases with a special focus on obesity/metabolic syndrome and cancer. The goal of their research is to establish optimized and personalized exercise and nutrition therapies to improve patients' physical performance, quality of life, and disease prognosis.
Research Center for Plants and Human Health, Institute of Urban Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Chengdu, China;
Dr. Hongyan Liu is mainly engaged in the research on the safety and nutrition of agricultural products. Her research interests mainly focus on extraction, isolation, identification and application of natural antioxidants such as phenolic compounds, polysaccharide. She has published more than 50 SCI papers, and currently is the member of editorial board of “Journal of Future Foods”, reviewer editor of “Frontiers in Nutrition”, guest editor of “Foods”, “Nutrition” and “Antioxidants”.
Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Naples "Federico II", Italy;
Tecnologico de Monterrey, The Institute for Obesity Research, Mexico, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Department of Bioengineering, Mexico;
Head of Department of Pharmacognosy-Phytotherapy, University of Medicine and Pharmacy "Victor Babeș" Timișoara, Romania, Head of Doctoral School of Pharmacy, University of Medicine and Pharmacy "Victor Babeș" Timișoara, Romania;
Department of Biological, Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technologies (SteBiCef), University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy;
Department of Pharmacy, University of Napoli Federico II, Naples, Italy;
Departamento of Physiology School of Medicine, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, CIBERCV, Spain;
Instituto de Investigación, Desarrollo e Innovación en Biotecnología Sanitaria de Elche, Universidad Miguel Hernández (UMH), Elche, Spain;
Genomics and Health Area of FISABIO-Public Health, Valencian Region Foundation for the Promotion of Health and Biomedical Research (FISABIO), Spain;
On behalf of the chair of IECAN 2025, we are pleased to announce the winners of the Best Oral Presentation Awards and Best Poster Awards.
The Best Oral Presentation Awards have been awarded to:
| ID | Title | Presenters |
| sciforum-114078 | ROS-induced fibrinogen alterations in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus patients | Elvira Giurranna |
| sciforum-111572 | New Therapeutic Perspectives: Olive Leaf Flavones and Their Synergy in Breast Cancer | María Losada Echeberría |
| sciforum-111922 | Plant-Derived Mucilage: A Natural Antioxidant with Multifunctional Applications in Food, Cosmetics, and Health | Rajeshwari Satish Patil |
The Best Poster Awards have been awarded to:
| ID | Title | Authors |
| sciforum-106705 | Enhancement of cellular antioxidant enzyme system and tight junction integrity by plant sterol food supplement in co-culture model of intestinal inflammation | Mussa Makran, Ilenia Concetta Giardina, Guadalupe Garcia-Llatas, Alessandro Attanzio, Antonio Cilla |
| sciforum-111672 | Efficient Natural Deep Eutectic Solvent (NADES) Extraction of Gallic Acid as a Potent Antioxidant from Lamiaceae Plants | Branislava Teofilović, Kristina Stanišić, Zorana Nikić, Nevena Grujić-Letić, Snežena Papović, Emilia Gligorić, Milan Vraneš |
| sciforum-111756 | Oxidative Stress, Inflammation, and Obesity: Insights into Mechanisms and Therapeutic Targets | Bhagyashri Sandip Patil, Javesh Kashinath Patil, Hemangi Somnath Chaudhari, Bhagyashri Sunil Patil |
IECAN 2025 Day 1
Session 6. Antioxidant Extraction, Assay and Industrial Applications (Part 1)
Session 6. Antioxidant Extraction, Assay and Industrial Applications (Part 2)
DAY 2
Session 5. Natural and Synthetic Antioxidants and Antioxidant Enzyme Systems
Session 1. Oxidative Stress in Obesity
DAY 3
Session 3. Antioxidants in Chronic Disease: From Dietary Prevention to Therapeutic Intervention
Session 2. Oxidative Stress and Inflammation in Cardiovascular Diseases
Session 4. Antioxidants Intake and Gut Microbiome
Ms. Miya Wu
Ms. Esther Leong
For inquiries regarding submissions and sponsorship opportunities, please feel free to contact us.
Email: iecan2025@mdpi.com