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Andrea Fais

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Biopolymer: A sustainable material for food and medical applications

J Baranwal, B Barse, A Fais, GL Delogu, A Kumar - Polymers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Biopolymers are a leading class of functional material suitable for high-value applications
and are of great interest to researchers and professionals across various disciplines …

Quercetin and its derivates as antiviral potentials: A comprehensive review

A Di Petrillo, G Orrù, A Fais… - Phytotherapy Research, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Quercetin, widely distributed in fruits and vegetables, is a flavonoid known for its antioxidant,
antiviral, antimicrobial, and antiinflammatory properties. Several studies highlight the …

Tyrosinase inhibition and antioxidant properties of Asphodelus microcarpus extracts

A Di Petrillo, AM González-Paramás, B Era… - … and alternative medicine, 2016 - Springer
Background Asphodelus microcarpus belongs to the family Liliaceae that include several
medicinal plants. In the traditional medicine plants of the genus Asphodelus are used to treat …

Novel 2-pheynlbenzofuran derivatives as selective butyrylcholinesterase inhibitors for Alzheimer's disease

A Kumar, F Pintus, A Di Petrillo, R Medda, P Caria… - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disorder representing the leading cause of
dementia and is affecting nearly 44 million people worldwide. AD is characterized by a …

Tyrosinase inhibitor activity of coumarin-resveratrol hybrids

A Fais, M Corda, B Era, MB Fadda, MJ Matos… - Molecules, 2009 - mdpi.com
In the present work we report on the contribution of the coumarin moiety to tyrosinase
inhibition. Coumarin-resveratrol hybrids 1-8 have been resynthesized to investigate the …

Antibacterial activity and molecular docking studies of a selected series of hydroxy-3-arylcoumarins

MB Pisano, A Kumar, R Medda, G Gatto, R Pal, A Fais… - Molecules, 2019 - mdpi.com
Antibiotic resistance is one of the main public health concerns of this century. This resistance
is also associated with oxidative stress, which could contribute to the selection of resistant …

Euphorbia characias: Phytochemistry and Biological Activities

A Fais, GL Delogu, S Floris, B Era, R Medda, F Pintus - Plants, 2021 - mdpi.com
The aim of this review is to summarize all the compounds identified and characterized from
Euphorbia characias, along with the biological activities reported for this plant. Euphorbia is …

No shallow talk: Cryptic strategy in the vocal communication of Blainville's beaked whales

N Aguilar de Soto, PT Madsen, P Tyack… - Marine Mammal …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Communicating animals must balance fitness benefits against the costs of signaling, such as
increased predation risk. Cetaceans communicate mainly with sound and near‐surface …

Exploiting the 1-(4-fluorobenzyl) piperazine fragment for the development of novel tyrosinase inhibitors as anti-melanogenic agents: Design, synthesis, structural …

L Ielo, B Deri, MP Germano, S Vittorio, S Mirabile… - European journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
The development of Tyrosinase inhibitors (TYRIs) could represent an efficacious strategy for
pharmacological intervention on skin pathologies related to aberrant production of melanin …

Coumarin derivatives as promising xanthine oxidase inhibitors

A Fais, B Era, S Asthana, V Sogos, R Medda… - International journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Xanthine oxidase (XO) is an interesting target for the synergic treatment of several diseases.
Coumarin scaffold plays an important role in the design of efficient and potent inhibitors. In …