A Current Shot and Re-thinking of Antioxidant Research Strategy

Antioxidant properties are an expression of the interactions between bioactive molecules and other components of a food matrix and they can be considered as the first action for the comprehension of potential beneficial properties of food matrices in the perspective of healthy choices.ln this regard, it is important to underline how the identification, isolation, and quantification of biologically active compounds present in food matrices is required as starting point in the study of antioxidant properties and this is followed by assessment of their interactions.The actual possibilities for approaching a study about antioxidant properties in foods are summarized and described in Table 1.A "study approach" is intended here as the direction of a research strategy and a design to indicate the features that one wants to investigate.