PhD in Biomedical Sciences and Biotechnology
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- Bortolini O, Fantin G, Fogagnolo M, Giovannini PP, Guerrini A, Medici A (1997) An easy approach to the synthesis of optically active vic-diols: A new single-enzyme system. Journal of Organic Chemistry 62 (6):1854-56
- Bortolini O, Fantin G, Guerrini A, Medici A (1997) Trisubstituted bile acids of bovine and porcine origin: a gas chromatographic/mass spectrometric study. Rapid communications in mass spectrometry: RCM 11(18):2002-4
- Fogagnolo M, Giovannini PP, Guerrini A, Medici A, Pedrini P, Colombi N (1998) Homochiral (R)- and (S)-1-heteroaryl- and 1-aryl-2-propanols via microbial redox. Tetrahedron Asymmetry 9(13):2317-27
- Bortolini O, Guerrini A, Lucchini V, Modena G, Pasquato L (1999) The phenylsulfenium cation: Electronic structure and gas-phase reactivity. Tetrahedron Letters 40(33):6073-76
- Bortolini O, Carpi A, Fantin G, Guerrini A, Medici A (1999) A reappraisal of 1H NMR spectra of oxo bile acids. Annali di Chimica 89(3-4):319-322
- Bettarello L, Bortolini O, Fantin G, Guerrini A (2000) Mixed oxo-hydroxy bile acids as actual or potential impurities in ursodeoxycholic acid preparation: A 1H and 13C NMR study. Farmaco 55(1):51-55
- Medici A, Pedrini P, De Battisti A, Fantin G, Fogagnolo M, Guerrini A (2001) Anodic electrochemical oxidation of cholic acid. Steroids 66(2):63-69
- Bruni R, Medici A, Guerrini A, Scalia S, Poli F, Muzzoli M, Sacchetti G (2001) Wild Amaranthus caudatus seed oil, a nutraceutical resource from ecuadorian flora. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 49(11):5455-60
- Fantin G, Fogagnolo M, Guerrini A, Medici A, Pedrini P, Fontana S (2001) Enantioselective hydrolyses with Yarrowia lipolytica: A versatile strain for esters, enol esters, epoxides, and lactones. Tetrahedron Asymmetry 12(19):2709-13
- Medici A, Pedrini P, Bianchini E, Fantin G, Guerrini A, Natalini B, Pellicciari R (2002) 7α-OH epimerisation of bile acids via oxido-reduction with Xanthomonas maltophilia. Steroids 67(1):51-56
- Bruni R, Guerrini A, Scalia S, Romagnoli C, Sacchetti G(2002) Rapid techniques for the extraction of vitamin E isomers from Amaranthus caudatus seeds: Ultrasonic and supercritical fluid extraction. Phytochemical Analysis 13(5):257-61
- Bruni R, Medici A, Guerrini A, Scalia S, Poli F, Romagnoli C, Muzzoli M, Sacchetti G (2002) Tocopherol, fatty acids and sterol distributions in wild Ecuadorian Theobroma subincanum (Sterculiaceae) seeds. Food Chemistry 77(3):337-41
- Mares D, Medici A, Pedrini P, Tosi B, Sacchetti G, Romagnoli C, Vicentini CB, Guerrini A, Maietti S, Andreotti E, Rambaldi A, Muzzoli M (2005) Caratterizzazione chimica e funzionale di fonti vegetali di interesse officinale. Informatore botanico italiano 37:984-85
- Pedrini P, Andreotti E, Guerrini A, Dean M, Fantin G, Giovannini PP (2006) Xanthomonas maltophilia CBS 897.97 as a source of new 7β- and 7α-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenases and cholylglycine hydrolase: Improved biotransformations of bile acids. Steroids 71(3):189-98
- Guerrini A, Sacchetti G, Muzzoli M, Rueda GM, Medici A, Besco E, Bruni R (2006) Composition of the volatile fraction of Ocotea bofo Kunth (Lauraceae) calyces by GC-MS and NMR fingerprinting and its antimicrobial and antioxidant activity. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 54(20):7778-88
- Sacchetti G, Guerrini A, Noriega P, Bianchi A, Bruni R (2006) Essential oil of wild Ocotea quixos (Lam.) Kosterm. (Lauraceae) leaves from Amazonian Ecuador. Flavour and Fragrance Journal 21(4):674-76
- Fantin G, Giovannini PP, Guerrini A, Maietti S, Medici A, Pedrini P (2006) Enantioselective Baeyer-Villiger oxidation of bicyclo[3.2.0]hept-2-en-6-one with fungi: Optimization of biotransformation and use of TiO2 as support of cell growth. Biotechnology Letters 28(11):805-10
- Ballabeni V, Tognolini M, Bertoni S, Bruni R, Guerrini A, Rueda GM, Barocelli E (2007) Antiplatelet and antithrombotic activities of essential oil from wild Ocotea quixos (Lam.) Kosterm. (Lauraceae) calices from Amazonian Ecuador. Pharmacological Research 55(1):23-30
- Guerrini A, Lampronti I, Bianchi N, Zuccato C, Breveglieri G, Salvatori F, Mancini I, Rossi D, Potenza R, Chiavilli F, Sacchetti G, Gambari R, Borgatti M (2009) Bergamot (Citrus bergamia Risso) fruit extracts as γ-globin gene expression inducers: Phytochemical and functional perspectives. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 57(10):4103-11
- Guerrini A, Sacchetti G, Rossi D, Paganetto G, Muzzoli M, Andreotti E, Tognolini M, Maldonado ME, Bruni R (2009) Bioactivities of Piper aduncum L. and Piper obliquum Ruiz &Amp; Pavon (Piperaceae) essential oils from Eastern Ecuador. Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology 27(1):39-48
- Guerrini A, Bruni R, Maietti S, Poli F, Rossi D, Paganetto G, Muzzoli M, Scalvenzi L, Sacchetti G (2009) Ecuadorian stingless bee (Meliponinae) honey: A chemical and functional profile of an ancient health product. Food Chemistry 114(4):1413-20.
- Nicolis E, Lampronti I., Borgatti M, Guerrini A, Mancini I, Sacchetti G, Bezzerri V, Dechecci M, Tamanini A, Gambari R, Cabrini G (2009)Nigella arvensis extract inhibits the induction of il-8 gene in bronchial epithelial cells. Pediatric Pulmonology 44(32):260
- Nicolis E, Lampronti I., Borgatti M, Guerrini A, Mancini I, Sacchetti G, Bezzerri V, Dechecci M, Tamanini A, Gambari R, Cabrini G (2010) Beta-sitosterol, identified from nigella arvensis, inhibits the induction of il-8 gene in bronchial epithelial cells. Pediatric Pulmonology 45(33):276
- Bezzerri V, Nicolis E, Lampronti I., Borgatti M, Guerrini A, Mancini I, Sacchetti G, Dechecci M, Tamanini A, Gambari R, Cabrini G (2011) Effect of beta-sitosterol in pro-inflammatory gene expression in bronchial epithelial cells. Pediatric Pulmonology 46(34):293
- Saab AM, Lampronti I, Grandini A, Borgatti M, Finotti A, Sacchetti G, Gambari R, Guerrini A (2011). Antiproliferative and Erythroid Differentiation Activities of Cedrus libani Seed Extracts against K562 Human Chronic Myelogenus Leukemia Cells. International Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biological Archives 2:1658-62
- Guerrini A, Rossi D, Paganetto G, Tognolini M, Muzzoli M, Romagnoli C, Antognoni F, Vertuani S, Medici A, Bruni A, Useli C, Tamburini E, Bruni R, Sacchetti G (2011) Chemical characterization (GC/MS and NMR fingerprinting) and bioactivities of South-African Pelargonium capitatum (L.) L'her. (Geraniaceae) essential oil. Chemistry and Biodiversity 8(4):624-42
- Borgatti M, Mancini I, Bianchi N, Guerrini A, Lampronti I, Rossi D, Sacchetti G, Gambari R (2011) Bergamot (Citrus bergamia Risso) fruit extracts and identified components alter expression of interleukin 8 gene in cystic fibrosis bronchial epithelial cell lines. BMC Biochemistry 12(1): art. no. 15
- Fimognari C, Lenzi M, Ferruzzi L, Turrini E, Scartezzini P, Poli F, Gotti R, Guerrini A, Carulli G, Ottaviano V, Cantelli-Forti G, Hrelia P (2011) Mitochondrial pathway mediates the antileukemic effects of Hemidesmus indicus, a promising botanical drug. PLoS ONE 6(6): art. no. e21544
- Rossi D, Guerrini A, Maietti S, Bruni R, Paganetto G, Poli F, Scalvenzi L, Radice M, Saro K, Sacchetti G (2011) Chemical fingerprinting and bioactivity of Amazonian Ecuador Croton lechleri Müll. Arg. (Euphorbiaceae) stem bark essential oil: A new functional food ingredient? Food Chemistry 126(3): 837-48
- Rossi D, Guerrini A, Bruni R, Brognara E, Borgatti M, Gambari R, Maietti S, Sacchetti G (2012) Trans-resveratrol in nutraceuticals: Issues in retail quality and effectiveness. Molecules 17(10):12393-405
- Saab AM, Guerrini A, Sacchetti G, Maietti S, Zeino M, Arend J, Gambari R, Bernardi F, Efferth T (2012) Phytochemical analysis and cytotoxicity towards multidrug-resistant leukemia cells of essential oils derived from lebanese medicinal plants. Planta Medica 78(18):1927-31
- Maietti S, Rossi D, Guerrini A, Useli C, Romagnoli C, Poli F, Bruni R, Sacchetti G (2013) A multivariate analysis approach to the study of chemical and functional properties of chemo-diverse plant derivatives: Lavender essential oils. Flavour and Fragrance Journal 28(3):144-54
- Guerrini A, Sacchetti G (2013) From Ethnobotany towards Modern Botanicals as Paradigm of the Medicinal Plants Research: The Case of Ayurveda. Medicinal & Aromatic Plants 1:e136
- Rossi D, Guerrini A, Paganetto G, Bernacchia G, Conforti F, Statti G, Maietti S, Poppi I, Tacchini M, Sacchetti G (2013) Croton lechleri Müll. Arg. (Euphorbiaceae) stem bark essential oil as possible mutagen-protective food ingredient against heterocyclic amines from cooked food. Food Chemistry 139(1-4):439-47
- Ferruzzi L, Turrini E, Burattini S, Falcieri E, Poli F, Mandrone M, Sacchetti G, Tacchini M, Guerrini A, Gotti R, Hrelia P, Cantelli-Forti G, Fimognari C (2013) Hemidesmus indicus induces apoptosis as well as differentiation in a human promyelocytic leukemic cell line. Journal of Ethnopharmacology 147 (1):84-91
- Moreno Rueda MG, Guerrini A, Giovannini PP, Medici A, Grandini A, Sacchetti G, Pedrini P (2013) Biotransformations of terpenes by fungi from amazonian Citrus plants. Chemistry and Biodiversity 10(10):1909-19.
- Guerrini A, Rossi D, Grandini A, Scalvenzi L, Rivera PFN, Andreotti E, Tacchini M, Spagnoletti A, Poppi I, Maietti S, Sacchetti G (2014) Biological and chemo-diverse characterization of Amazonian (Ecuador) Citrus petitgrains. Journal of Applied Botany and Food Quality 87:108-16.
- Guerrini A, Sacchetti G (2014) Chemical Fingerprinting of Medicinal and Aromatic Plant Extracts: HPTLC Bioautographic Assays as Preliminary Research Tool to Match Chemical and Biological Properties. Medicinal & Aromatic Plants 3(3):1000e152
- Pellati F, Prencipe FP, Bruni R, Guerrini A, Rossi D, Benvenuti S (2014) Characterization of polyphenols in Vaccinium berries and evaluation of their chemopreventive properties. Abstracts f Papers f the American Chemical Society 247
- Radice M, Viafara D, Neill D, Asanza M, Sacchetti G, Guerrini A*, Maietti S (2014) Chemical characterization and antioxidant activity of Amazonian (Ecuador) Caryodendron orinocense Karst. and Bactris gasipaes Kunth seed oils. Journal of Oleo Science 63(12):1243-50
- Guerrini A, Mancini I, Maietti S, Rossi D, Poli F, Sacchetti G, Gambari R, Borgatti M (2014) Expression of pro-inflammatory interleukin-8 is reduced by ayurvedic decoctions. Phytotherapy Research 28(8):1173-81
- Prencipe FP, Bruni R, Guerrini A, Rossi D, Benvenuti S, Pellati F (2014) Metabolite profiling of polyphenols in Vaccinium berries and determination of their chemopreventive properties. Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis 89: 257-67
- Turrini E, Ferruzzi L, Guerrini A, Gotti R, Tacchini M, Teti G, Falconi M, Hrelia P, Fimognari C (2015) In vitro anti-angiogenic effects of Hemidesmus indicus in hypoxic and normoxic conditions. Journal of Ethnopharmacology 162:261-69
- Statti G, Marrelli M, Conforti F, Spagnoletti A, Tacchini M, Fimognari C, Brognara E, Gambari R, Sacchetti G, Guerrini A (2015) Inhibition of cancer cell proliferation and antiradical effects of decoction, hydroalcoholic extract, and principal constituents of Hemidesmus indicus R. Br. Phytotherapy Research 29(6):857-63
- Saab AM, Guerrini A, Zeino M, Wiench B, Rossi D, Gambari R, Sacchetti G, Greten HJ, Efferth T (2015) Laurus nobilis L. seed extract reveals collateral sensitivity in multidrug-resistant P-glycoprotein-expressing tumor cells. Nutrition and Cancer 67(4):664-75
- Tacchini M, Spagnoletti A, Marieschi M, Caligiani A, Bruni R, Efferth T, Sacchetti G, Guerrini A (2015) Phytochemical profile and bioactivity of traditional ayurvedic decoctions and hydro-alcoholic macerations of Boerhaavia diffusa L. and Curculigo orchioides Gaertn. Natural Product Research 29(22):2071-79
- Scalvenzi L, Yaguache-Camacho B, Cabrera-Martínez P, Guerrini A (2016) In vitro antifungal activity of essential oils of Ocotea quixos (Lam.) Kosterm. and Piper aduncum L. [Actividad antifúngica in vitro de aceites esenciales de Ocotea quixos (Lam.) Kosterm. Y Piper aduncum L.]. Bioagro 28(1):39-46.
- Turrini E, Calcabrini C, Sestili P, Catanzaro E, de Gianni E, Diaz AR, Hrelia P, Tacchini M, Guerrini A, Canonico B, Papa S, Valdrè G, Fimognari C (2016) Withania somnifera induces cytotoxic and cytostatic effects on human T leukemia cells. Toxins 8(5): art. no.147
- Guerrini A, Sacchetti G, Grandini A, Spagnoletti A, Asanza M, Scalvenzi L (2016) Cytotoxic Effect and TLC Bioautography-Guided Approach to Detect Health Properties of Amazonian Hedyosmum sprucei Essential Oil. Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2016: art. no.1638342
- Nostro A, Guerrini A, Marino A, Tacchini M, Di Giulio M, Grandini A, Akin M, Cellini L, Bisignano G, Saraçoğlu HT (2016) In vitro activity of plant extracts against biofilm-producing food-related bacteria. International Journal of Food Microbiology 238:33-39
- Rolli E, Marieschi M, Maietti S, Guerrini A, Grandini A, Sacchetti G, Bruni R Phytotoxic (2016) Effects and Phytochemical Fingerprinting of Hydrodistilled Oil, Enriched Fractions, and Isolated Compounds Obtained from Cryptocarya massoy (Oken) Kosterm. Bark. Chemistry and Biodiversity 13(1):66-76
- Spagnoletti A, Guerrini A, Tacchini M, Vinciguerra V, Leone C, Maresca I, Simonetti G, Sacchetti G, Angiolella L (2016) Chemical composition and bio-efficacy of essential oils from Italian aromatic plants: Mentha suaveolens, Coridothymus capitatus, Origanum hirtum and Rosmarinus officinalis. Natural Product Communications 11(10):1517-20
- Saab AM, Gambari R, Sacchetti G, Guerrini A, Lampronti I, Tacchini M, El Samrani A, Medawar S, Makhlouf H, Tannoury M, Abboud J, Diab-Assaf M, Kijjoa A, Tundis R, Aoun J, Efferth T (2017) Phytochemical and pharmacological properties of essential oils from Cedrus species. Natural Product Research 1-13
- Lampronti I, Dechecchi MC, Rimessi A, Bezzerri V, Nicolis E, Guerrini A, Tacchini M, Tamanini A, Munari S, D'Aversa E, Santangelo A, Lippi G, Sacchetti G, Pinton P, Gambari R, Agostini M, Cabrini G (2017) β-Sitosterol reduces the expression of chemotactic cytokine genes in cystic fibrosis bronchial epithelial cells. Frontiers in Pharmacology 8 (MAY): art. no. 236
- Cortesi R, Valacchi G, Muresan XM, Drechsler M, Contado C, Esposito E, Grandini A, Guerrini A, Forlani G, Sacchetti G (2017) Nanostructured lipid carriers (NLC) for the delivery of natural molecules with antimicrobial activity: production, characterisation and in vitro studies. Journal of Microencapsulation 34(1):63-72