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Abies nebrodensis, Silene hicesiae
2017
Proposals of Plant Micro-Reserves in Sicily (Italy)
2013
Petagnaea gussonei. – In PASTA S., PEREZ-GRABER A., FAZAN L. & MONTMOLLIN B. DE (Eds), The Top 50 Mediterranean Island Plants, UPDATE 2017: http://to…
2017
Viola ucriana. – In PASTA S., PEREZ-GRABER A., FAZAN L. & MONTMOLLIN B. DE (Eds), The Top 50 Mediterranean Island Plants, UPDATE 2017: http://top50.i…
2017
Bupleurum elatum. – In PASTA S., PEREZ-GRABER A., FAZAN L. & MONTMOLLIN B. DE (Eds), The Top 50 Mediterranean Island Plants, UPDATE 2017: http://top5…
2017
Hieracium lucidum. – In PASTA S., PEREZ-GRABER A., FAZAN L. & MONTMOLLIN B. DE (Eds), The Top 50 Mediterranean Island Plants, UPDATE 2017: http://top…
2017
Bupleurum dianthifolium. – In PASTA S., PEREZ-GRABER A., FAZAN L. & MONTMOLLIN B. DE (Eds), The Top 50 Mediterranean Island Plants, UPDATE 2017: http…
2017
Long-term changes in the breeding period diet of Bonelli's eagle (Aquila fasciata) in Sicily, Italy
2019
Context: Dietary analyses are essential to achieve a better understanding of animal ecology. In the case of endangered species, assessing dietary requirements is crucial to improve their management and conservation. The Bonelli's eagle (Aquila fasciata) has experienced a severe decline throughout its breeding range in Europe and, in Italy, fewer than 50 pairs remain, and only in Sicily. This species is subject to major threats, including changes in landscape composition and, consequently, prey availability, which is further aggravated by the occurrence of viral diseases in the case of rabbits. Aims: To provide current data on the diet of the Bonelli's eagle in Sicily during the breeding per…
Diversity of Pharmacological Properties in Chinese and European Medicinal Plants: Cytotoxicity, Antiviral and Antitrypanosomal Screening of 82 Herbal…
2011
In an extensive screening, the antiviral, antitrypanosomal and anticancer properties of extracts from 82 plants used in traditional Chinese medicine and European phytomedicine were determined. Several promising plants that were highly effective against hepatitis B virus (HBV), bovine viral diarrhoea virus (BVDV)—a flavivirus used here as a surrogate in vitro model of hepatitis C virus, trypanosomes (Trypanosoma brucei brucei) and several cancer cell lines were identified. Six aqueous extracts from Celosia cristata, Ophioglossum vulgatum, Houttuynia cordata, Selaginella tamariscina, Alpinia galanga and Alpinia oxyphylla showed significant antiviral effects against BVDV without toxic effects …
Anti-inflammatory activity in selected Antarctic benthic organisms
2014
Antarctic benthos was prospected in search for anti-inflammatory activity in polar benthic invertebrates, in two different geographical areas: deep-bottoms of the Eastern Weddell Sea and shallow-waters of the South Shetland Islands. A total of 36 benthic algae and invertebrate species were selected to perform solubility tests in order to obtain extracts that were soluble at an innocuous ethanol concentration (0.2%) for cell culture, and further test them for anti-inflammatory activity. From these, ethanol extracts of ten species from five different phyla resulted suitable to be studied in cell macrophage cultures (RAW 264.7). Cytotoxicity (MTT method) and production of inflammatory mediator…