D'ARRIGO C.

A micromorphological study was carried out on Crithmum maritimum L. (rock samphire), a halophyte belonging to the Apiaceae and used in folk medicine. The study led to the finding of relevant amounts of two closely related flavonoids, namely diosmin and hesperidin, which attract increasing interest for their biological properties. Anatomical...

The mechanism of neurodegeneration caused by beta-amyloid in Alzheimer disease is controversial. Neuronal toxicity is exerted mostly by various species of soluble beta-amyloid oligomers that differ in their N- and C-terminal domains. However, abundant accumulation of beta-amyloid also occurs in the brains of cognitively normal elderly people,...

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