Inspired by Nature: Redox Modulators and Natural Nanoparticles

Abstract

Numerous secondary metabolites found in edible plants modulate intracellular redox processes and are suggested to prevent certain diseases, especially in ageing organisms. Since such nutraceuticals provide the basis for new and innovative designer diets and therapies, extracting these substances and their potential from plants has become a focus of research, with nanotechnology and natural nanoparticles at the centre of some of these developments.

Keywords

• nanoparticles
• prevention
• redox modulation
• secondary metabolites