Preliminary Table of Contents Topic 1. Plant-based medicine in health care -- Chapter 1.1. An overview of plant derived antioxidants -- Chapter 1.2. Health benefits of fruits and vegetables -- Chapter 1.3. Antioxidant potential of African medicinal plants -- Chapter 1.4. Antioxidant potential of South America medicinal plants -- Chapter 1.5. Plants of Indian traditional medicine with antioxidant activity -- Chapter 1.6. Nutritional antioxidants and their sites of action.- Topic 2. Nutritional antioxidants in reproductive health and development -- Chapter 2.1. Antioxidant therapy in reproductive health -- Chapter 2.2. Antioxidant therapy in assisted reproductive technologies -- Chapter 2.3. Antioxidant therapy in prenatal developmental disorders -- Chapter 2.4. Antioxidant therapies: a potential role in perinatal medicine -- Topic 3. Nutritional antioxidants in health maintenance -- Chapter 3.1. Significance of dietary antioxidants for health -- Chapter 3.2. Functional antioxidant foods and nutraceuticals.- Chapter 3.3. Antioxidants and polyunsaturated fatty acids in health maintenance -- Chapter 3.4. Impact of dietary antioxidants on sport performance -- Topic 4. Nutritional antioxidants in health and disease -- Chapter 4.1. Antioxidants in the prevention and treatment of diseases -- Chapter 4.2. Antioxidant therapy in endocrine disorders -- Chapter 4.3. Antioxidants in the prevention and treatment of obesity -- Chapter 4.4. Antioxidant nutritional strategies for successful aging Topic 5. Nutritional antioxidant intervention against environmental pollution -- Chapter 5.1. Antioxidant therapy against environmentally induced oxidative stress -- Chapter 5.2. Antioxidant therapy against environmental pollutants and associated diseases.- Chapter 5.3. Protective role of dietary antioxidants against chemical-induced oxidative stress -- Chapter 5.4. Preventive and therapeutic roles of dietary antioxidants against air pollutant exposure.  .