Publications by authors named "J Cannillo"

() is a plant widely used for its beneficial properties both in medical and non-medical fields. Because they produce bioactive metabolites, plants are a major resource for drug discovery. In this study, two different cultivars of leaves of (Salento and Barletta) were obtained by maceration or microwave-assisted extraction (MAE).

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The urgent need to increase the sustainability of crop production has pushed the agricultural sector towards the use of biostimulants based on natural products. The current work aimed to determine whether the preharvest application of two commercial formulations, based on a Fabaceae enzymatic hydrolysate or a blend of nitrogen sources including fulvic acids, and two lab-made aqueous extracts from leaves (MLEs), could improve yield, quality, and storability of lettuce grown in a hydroponic system, as compared to an untreated control. Lettuce plants treated with the MLEs showed significantly improved quality parameters (leaf number, area, and color), total phenolic content and antioxidant activity, and resistance against the fungal pathogen , comparable to that obtained with commercial formulates, particularly those based on the protein hydrolysate.

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Rationale And Objectives: MR angiography is proving to be a useful clinical study for the diagnosis of vascular disorders of renal arteries. However, its utility in terms of stenosis characterization is still limited. Renal perfusion could provide supplemental information that could allow for a comprehensive evaluation of renal artery stenosis by MR imaging.

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Extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy (SWL) is currently accepted as an effective noninvasive treatment for a wide variety of urinary tract calculi. However, the bioeffects of high-energy shockwaves on renal parenchyma have yet to be fully elucidated. The objective of this study was to measure the acute changes in regional renal hemodynamics associated with SWL utilizing dynamic gadolinium-DTPA-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).

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