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Antioxidants in Respiratory Health

Antioxidants in respiratory health examines how compounds that neutralize reactive oxygen species influence the airways and lung tissue, organs continuously exposed to atmospheric oxygen, pollutants, allergens, and pathogens. This high exposure makes the respiratory tract especially vulnerable to oxidative stress, w…

Curated from this journal's research 📚 12 peer-reviewed articles cited Cited 86× across the literature 🔖 ISSN 2471-2140 🗓 Reviewed July 2026

Overview

Antioxidants in respiratory health examines how compounds that neutralize reactive oxygen species influence the airways and lung tissue, organs continuously exposed to atmospheric oxygen, pollutants, allergens, and pathogens. This high exposure makes the respiratory tract especially vulnerable to oxidative stress, which contributes to airway inflammation, epithelial injury, mucus hypersecretion, and tissue remodeling implicated in asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and related conditions. Antioxidant defenses relevant here include the enzymatic systems superoxide dismutase, catalase, and glutathione peroxidase, along with glutathione in airway lining fluid and dietary or phytochemical antioxidants such as vitamins C and E, carotenoids, and plant polyphenols and flavonoids. Research considers how these molecules scavenge radicals, replenish glutathione pools, and modulate redox-sensitive inflammatory signaling in pulmonary cells. Investigators typically characterize candidate compounds and extracts through radical-scavenging assays, total phenolic content, and total antioxidant capacity, screening natural products for activity that may be relevant to airway protection. Important scholarly questions concern the balance between oxidants and antioxidants in lung defense, the contribution of dietary antioxidant intake to respiratory outcomes, and the uncertain translation of in vitro antioxidant potency into clinical benefit, which keeps the redox biology of the respiratory system an active and unresolved area of study.

Research published in this journal

12 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.

2017

The antioxidant and hepatoprotective activities of two tea polysaccharides

Yu ZhiCorresponding author
College of Horticulture and Forestry Science, Huazhong Agricultural University, Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology, Ministry of Education, No. 1 Shizishan Street, Hongshan District, Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China 430070
Antioxidant Activity Cited by 5 doi:10.14302/issn.2471-2140.jaa-17-1541

How this research is being cited

The 12 articles above have been cited 86 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.

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Editorial oversight

Curated from peer-reviewed research published in Antioxidant Activity (ISSN 2471-2140).

Journal editorial board
Deepak Kasote · Qatar Mahmoudreza Ovissipour · United States Sudhiranjan Gupta, Ph.D. · United States

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