C-glucosidic ellagitannins and galloylated glucoses as potential functional food ingredients with anti-diabetic properties: a study of α-glucosidase and α-amylase inhibition

2019 / Food Chemistry

Diabetes mellitus is a metabolic disorder characterized by hyperglycemia, which can be counteracted by inhibition of α-glucosidase and α-amylase, both… Continue reading C-glucosidic ellagitannins and galloylated glucoses as potential functional food ingredients with anti-diabetic properties: a study of α-glucosidase and α-amylase inhibition

Leah Pandiscia, PhD

Coupling Rhodium‐Catalyzed Hydroformylation of 10‐Undecenitrile with Organic Solvent Nanofiltration: Toluene Solution versus Solvent‐Free Processes

2019 / ChemPlusChem

Intensification of the rhodium‐catalyzed hydroformylation process to produce 12‐oxo‐dodecanenitrile from biosourced 10‐undecenitrile was performed by coupling the reaction with organic… Continue reading Coupling Rhodium‐Catalyzed Hydroformylation of 10‐Undecenitrile with Organic Solvent Nanofiltration: Toluene Solution versus Solvent‐Free Processes

Leah Pandiscia, PhD

Harmonic light scattering study reveals structured clusters upon the supramolecular aggregation of regioregular poly(3-alkylthiophene)

2019 / Communications Chemistry

Solubilized poly(3-alkylthiophene)s are known to self-assemble into well-ordered supramolecular aggregates upon lowering the solvent quality. This supramolecular organization largely determines… Continue reading Harmonic light scattering study reveals structured clusters upon the supramolecular aggregation of regioregular poly(3-alkylthiophene)

Leah Pandiscia, PhD

Synthesis and Photoluminescence of Tetracyanidonitridorhenium(V) Complexes with Five-Membered N-Heteroaromatic Ligands and Photoluminescence-Intensity Change

2019 / ACS Omega

Novel tetracyanidonitridorhenium(V) complexes with five-membered N-heteroaromatic ligands, (PPh4)2[ReN(CN)4L] [L = imidazole (Him) (2), 1-methylimidazole (Mim) (3), and pyrazole (pyz) (4)]… Continue reading Synthesis and Photoluminescence of Tetracyanidonitridorhenium(V) Complexes with Five-Membered N-Heteroaromatic Ligands and Photoluminescence-Intensity Change

Leah Pandiscia, PhD

Localized controlled release of bevacizumab and doxorubicin by thermo-sensitive hydrogel for normalization of tumor vasculature and to enhance the efficacy of chemotherapy

2019 / International Journal of Pharmaceutics

In a malignant tumor, overexpression of pro-angiogenic factors like vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) provokes the production of pathologic vascular… Continue reading Localized controlled release of bevacizumab and doxorubicin by thermo-sensitive hydrogel for normalization of tumor vasculature and to enhance the efficacy of chemotherapy

Leah Pandiscia, PhD

Entrapment in micellar assemblies switches the excimer population of potential therapeutic luminophore azapodophyllotoxin

2019 / Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy

Azapodophyllotoxin is a new class of anti-tumor agent with brilliant therapeutic activity and understanding its physicochemical nature in bio-mimetic microenvironments… Continue reading Entrapment in micellar assemblies switches the excimer population of potential therapeutic luminophore azapodophyllotoxin

Leah Pandiscia, PhD

Hydrogen bond analysis of a third order nonlinear optical crystal, 2-amino-5-bromopyridinium benzilate, using structural and computational characterizations

2020 / Journal of Molecular Structure

The molecular structure of a proton transfer organic material, 2-amino-5-bromopyridinium benzilate crystal, grown by slow-evaporation solution growth technique has been… Continue reading Hydrogen bond analysis of a third order nonlinear optical crystal, 2-amino-5-bromopyridinium benzilate, using structural and computational characterizations

Leah Pandiscia, PhD

Synthesis and Hierarchical Self‐Assembly of Diphenylalanine‐Based Homopolymer and Copolymers By RAFT Polymerization

2019 / Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry

Dipeptide diphenylalanine has attracted significant research interests because of its ability to self‐assemble into various nanostructures such as nanotubes, nanowires,… Continue reading Synthesis and Hierarchical Self‐Assembly of Diphenylalanine‐Based Homopolymer and Copolymers By RAFT Polymerization

Leah Pandiscia, PhD

A cystine-based dual chemosensor for fluorescent-colorimetric detection of CN− and fluorescent detection of Fe3+ in aqueous media: Synthesis, spectroscopic, and DFT studies

2019 / Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy

A new dual-responsive chiral cystine based chemosensor, Cys(cou)2, has been designed and characterized by 1H NMR, 13C NMR, FT-IR, UV–vis as well… Continue reading A cystine-based dual chemosensor for fluorescent-colorimetric detection of CN− and fluorescent detection of Fe3+ in aqueous media: Synthesis, spectroscopic, and DFT studies

Leah Pandiscia, PhD

Asymmetrical [1]Benzothieno[3,2-b][1]benzothiophene (BTBT) derivatives for organic thin-film and single-crystal transistors

2019 / Organic Electronics

[1]benzothieno[3,2-b][1]benzothiophene (BTBT) derivatives are very famous organic semiconductors, however, researches on vacuum stability reveal that the BTBT core is unstable… Continue reading Asymmetrical [1]Benzothieno[3,2-b][1]benzothiophene (BTBT) derivatives for organic thin-film and single-crystal transistors

Leah Pandiscia, PhD

A novel view of the separate and simultaneous binding effects of docetaxel and anastrozole with calf thymus DNA: Experimental and in silico approaches

2019 / Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy

DNA stands as the primary purpose of many anticancer drugs and according to the performed research on this field, some… Continue reading A novel view of the separate and simultaneous binding effects of docetaxel and anastrozole with calf thymus DNA: Experimental and in silico approaches

Leah Pandiscia, PhD