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Lipid Peroxidation

Lipid peroxidation is the oxidative degradation of lipids, a chain of chemical reactions in which reactive oxygen species and free radicals attack the fatty acids that make up cell membranes and other lipid structures. Polyunsaturated fatty acids are especially vulnerable, and once initiated the process propagates a…

Curated from this journal's research 📚 12 peer-reviewed articles cited Cited 105× across the literature 🔖 ISSN 2835-513X 🗓 Reviewed June 2026

Overview

Lipid peroxidation is the oxidative degradation of lipids, a chain of chemical reactions in which reactive oxygen species and free radicals attack the fatty acids that make up cell membranes and other lipid structures. Polyunsaturated fatty acids are especially vulnerable, and once initiated the process propagates as radicals remove hydrogen atoms from neighbouring lipids, generating lipid radicals, peroxides, and a range of breakdown products such as aldehydes. These products can damage membranes, proteins, and DNA, and lipid peroxidation is implicated in cellular injury, aging, and the pathology of numerous diseases. It is normally held in check by antioxidant defences, and its extent is widely used as a marker of oxidative stress. Within the International Journal of Lipids, related research addresses lipid composition and metabolism and the effects of dietary and other interventions on lipid profiles, including studies on wheat germ and wheat germ oil in hypercholesterolemic rats, lipid components in brain-derived fractions, and the effects of plant extracts on lipid profiles and liver tissue. Broader work in the journal's scope also examines oxidative stress and antioxidant activity in biological systems. This page gathers peer-reviewed, open-access research relevant to lipid peroxidation, lipid biochemistry, and oxidative damage.

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
Exact topic 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 105 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.

A sample of recent works citing this journal's research on Lipid Peroxidation, linking to each citing work.

Editorial oversight

Curated from peer-reviewed research published in International Journal of Lipids (ISSN 2835-513X).

Journal editorial board
Chih-Sheng Chu · Taiwan Anu Puri · United States Hiroshi Yoshida · Japan

This page summarises published research for orientation; it is not medical or professional advice.