A5101591934- Mycotoxins in Agriculture and Food
- Reproductive Biology and Fertility
- Sperm and Testicular Function
- Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment
- Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities
- Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity
- Coccidia and coccidiosis research
- Edible Oils Quality and Analysis
- Insect and Pesticide Research
- Selenium in Biological Systems
- Toxin Mechanisms and Immunotoxins
- Cynara cardunculus studies
- Phytochemical and Pharmacological Studies
- Milk Quality and Mastitis in Dairy Cows
- Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology
- Bacillus and Francisella bacterial research
- Insect Pest Control Strategies
- Plant Genetic and Mutation Studies
- Natural product bioactivities and synthesis
- Genetic and Clinical Aspects of Sex Determination and Chromosomal Abnormalities
- Antioxidant Activity and Oxidative Stress
- Fermentation and Sensory Analysis
- Seed Germination and Physiology
- Plant and fungal interactions
- Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics
Institute of Sciences of Food Production
2011-2020
National Research Council
2009-2020
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
2014
Michigan State University
1993
Farm animals are exposed to zearalenone through the feed because of widespread occurrence this mycotoxin in cereals and clinical reproductive disorders due effects often reported farm animal species. This review describes metabolism, mechanistic aspects, symptoms vitro on functional parameters oocytes sperm cells induced by its derivatives animals. The studies allow understand action mechanisms mycotoxins and, sometime, explain vivo symptoms. impairment semen quality female function could be...
Olive oil processing industries generate substantial quantities of phenolic-rich byproducts, which could be valuable natural sources antioxidants. This work is focused on the recovery and structural characterization antioxidant compounds from olive mill wastewater (OMWW), a polluting byproduct production process. Phenolics were extracted waste material using membrane technology coupled to low-pressure gel filtration chromatography Sephadex LH-20. The LH-20 fraction was, in turn,...
Bioavailability of artichoke head polyphenols after simulated physiological digestion process and intestinal absorption.
Olive oil production generates large amounts of recalcitrant compounds, the olive mill wastewater (OMWW), which represent one most contaminating effluents among those produced by agrofood industries. Nowadays, this view has changed to that recognizes waste as a low-cost starting material rich in bioactive particularly biophenols, can be extracted and applied natural antioxidants for food pharmaceutical The data reported paper indicate OMWW extracts, besides low molecular weight antioxidant...
The aim of this study was to investigate the in vitro effects Fusarium fungus-derived mycotoxin, zearalenone and its derivatives alpha-zearalenol beta-zearalenol on motility parameters acrosome reaction stallion sperm. Since toxic are thought result from their structural similarity 17beta-estradiol, 17beta-estradiol used as a positive control for 'estrogen-like' effects. Stallion spermatozoa were exposed zearalenone, alpha-zearalenol, or at concentrations ranging 1 pM - 0.1 mM. After 2 hours...
Ochratoxin A was determined in human serum samples, collected the south of Italy November 1992, using ion-pair liquid chromatography and fluorescence detection. The samples were from healthy people (65 subjects) as well with different kidney disorders. Five kinds disorders represented: transplanted subjects (13), chronic glomerulonephritis (8), renal calculus or cyst (6), failure treated by dialysis (28). mean median concentrations ochratoxin group 0.53 0.44 ng/ml serum, respectively....
The mycotoxin zearalenone (ZEA) and its derivatives, alpha beta-zearalenol (alpha beta-ZOL), synthesized by genera Fusarium, often occur as contaminants in cereal grains animal feeds. importance of ZEA on reproductive disorders is well known domestic animals species, particularly swine cattle. In the horse, limited data are available to date influence dietary exposure health vitro effects cells. aim this study was evaluate beta-ZOL, granulosa cells (GCs) from ovaries cycling mares. cell...
In this study, the quali-quantitative composition of hydrophilic (phenolic acids) and lipophilic (isoprenoids) extracts from whole-meal flour five elite Italian durum wheat cultivars was determined. Significant differences in content bioactive compounds were observed among extracts, particular concerning bound phenolic acids, lutein β-tocotrienols. The Duilio Svevo showed highest amount acids isoprenoids, respectively. Extracts evaluated for their anti-inflammatory activity on HT-29 human...
In this study, the naturally debittered table olives cv Bella di Cerignola were studied in order to (i) characterize their phenolic composition; (ii) evaluate polyphenols bioaccessibility; (iii) assess absorption and transport, across Caco2/TC7. LC-MS/MS analysis has confirmed presence of hydroxytyrosol acetate, caffeoyl-6'-secologanoside, comselogoside. vitro bioaccessibility ranged from 7% luteolin 100% tyrosol, highlighting flavonoids sensitivity digestive conditions. The Caco2/TC7...
Contents Flow cytometry is a useful tool that provides an accurate, objective and rapid evaluation of semen quality. The use this technique could significantly improve the quality buffalo samples used in artificial insemination. This study was carried out to evaluate, by flow cytometry, frozen–thawed spermatozoa parameters such as sperm viability SYBR‐14/propidium iodide staining; mitochondrial function JC‐1 potentiometric probe; chromatin stability (SCSA) acridine orange; acrosome reaction...