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