SILVIA CATENA

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Oxidative stress (OS) is involved in the onset and developing of most degenerative diseases hard to fight with exsisting synthetic drugs without adverse side effects. Gallic acid (GA) (Figure 1), a natural triphenolic acid present in several plants, fruits and common foodstuffs, is provided both with the basic nutritional values and with...

Gallic acid (GA) is a natural polyphenol with remarkable antioxidant power present in several vegetables and fruits. A normal feeding regime leads to a daily intake of GA which is reasonably regarded as ''natural'' and ''safe'' for humans. It owns strong potentials as alternative to traditional drugs to treat several diseases triggered by...

Dendrimers are macromolecules characterized by high controlled size, shape and architecture, presence of inner cavities able to accommodate small molecules and many peripheral functional groups to bind target entities and are of eminent interest for biomedical applications, including gene transfection, tissue engineering, imaging, drug...

The study is focused on the effect of different cooking conditions on the antioxidant content, particularly anthocyanins, of Oryza sativa L. 'Violet Nori, a new black rice cultivar. 10 different cooking tests were performed. The selected cooking conditions allowed to evaluate the effect of boiling, roasting, oven cooking, risotto cooking, and...

Ellagitannins (ETs) and Ellagic acid (EA) (Fig.1) are bioactive polyphenols naturally present in numerous berries and nuts (i.e. pomegranates, black raspberries, raspberries, strawberries, walnuts almonds) and are endowed with antioxidant, anticancer, anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial properties [1]. The diary intake of EA with nutrients is...

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This study takes place in the context of an Alcotra Italy-France trans-frontier project called FINNOVER (2017-2020) whose main target is the implementation of new green chain productions exploiting the biodiversity of the ALCOTRA territory. One of the FINNOVER chain is devoted to the production of plant bud-derivatives, a specific category of...

Non-PAMAM amino acids-modified dendrimers nanoparticles for enhancing water-solubility of insoluble bioactive molecules: our state of the art Silvana Alfei,* Andrea Spallarossa, Silvia Catena, Federica Turrini, Guendalina Zuccari, Anna Pittaluga, Raffaella Boggia Dipartimento di Farmacia, Università di Genova, Viale Cembrano 4, I-16148...

More than 40% of bioactive chemical entities (BCEs) developed in pharmaceutical industry are almost water-insoluble, poorly orally bioavailable and/or not via parenteral administrable, and this strongly limits their clinical applications. Drug Delivery (DD) is an engineered technology dealing with the development of delivery systems (DDSs) able...

Introduction: Gallic acid (GA) is a natural polyphenol endowed with remarkable antioxidant potency and with strong potentials for preventing oxidative degradation in foods and essential oils (EOs), treating diseases triggered by accumulation of radical oxygen species (ROS), oxidative stress (OS) or by antibiotic-resistant infections....

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