Publications by authors named "L Pulvirenti"

Despite tremendous advancements in neuroscience, there has been limited impact on patient care. Current psychiatric treatments are largely non-specific, and drug development is hindered by outdated, overinclusive diagnostic categories and a "one-size-fits-all" approach. Additionally, mechanisms underlying psychiatric illnesses and their treatments with conventional medications remain poorly understood.

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Tomato processing generates a by-product known as tomato pomace (TP), which contains chemically diverse valuable components such as lycopene, phenols, dietary fibre, proteins, and oil. The aim of this study was to characterize bioactive compounds in small-sized tomato pomace from cherry and date tomatoes and to evaluate the effects of the addition of 10 and 20% (/) of tomato pomace flour (TPF) to durum wheat dough for bread production. Bread containing different amounts of TPF was characterized by physical, chemical, nutritional, and sensory characteristics.

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  • Obesity is linked to various health issues, and Citrus limon (lemons) contains flavonoids that may help in managing obesity by inhibiting pancreatic lipase, an enzyme involved in fat digestion.
  • A green extraction method, enhanced by microwave assistance, successfully extracted more effective PL inhibitors from lemon squeezing waste compared to traditional methods.
  • The study identified three key flavonoids—hesperidin, eriocitrin, and 4'-methyllucenin II—with 4'-methyllucenin II showing the strongest inhibitory effect, suggesting that lemon waste could be used in food supplements for obesity management.
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Diabetes mellitus is a metabolic disease characterized by hyperglycemia, which can be counteracted by the inhibition of α-glucosidase (α-Glu) and α-amylase (α-Amy), enzymes responsible for the hydrolysis of carbohydrates. In recent decades, many natural compounds and their bioinspired analogues have been studied as α-Glu and α-Amy inhibitors. However, no studies have been devoted to the evaluation of α-Glu and α-Amy inhibition by the neolignan obovatol (1).

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The breast cancer resistance protein (BCRP/ABCG2) transporter mediates the efflux of numerous antineoplastic drugs, playing a central role in multidrug resistance related to cancer. The absence of successful clinical trials using specific ABCG2 inhibitors reveals the urge to identify new compounds to attend this critical demand. In this work, a series of 13 magnolol derivatives was tested as ABCG2 inhibitors.

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