This paper presents an overview of Prof. Vincieri's accomplishments in his career as a researcher in the field of pharmacognosy (pharmaceutical biology), analytical phytochemistry and pharmaceutical technology applied to herbal drug preparations at the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences of the University of Florence. This article is a recognition of his valuable contributions to these research fields, especially for his outstanding and innovative interdisciplinary studies on the quality control of herbal drugs, herbal drug preparations, herbal medicinal products, botanical food supplements, and some “special foods” such as grapes, wines, olives and olive oil.
Bambagiotti AlbertiM, CoranSA, MonetiG, VincieriFF. (1978) Oxygenated compounds of Pinus montana Miller essential oil. Rivista Italiana Essenze, Profumi, Piante Officinali, Aromi, Saponi, Cosmetici, Aerosol, 60, 87–90.
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Bambagiotti AlbertiM, GiannelliniV, CoranSA, VincieriFF. (1981) Infrared spectra for identification of naturally occurring bornyl, terpinenyl and alpha-terpinyl C3-C5 esters. Rivista Italiana Essenze, Profumi, Piante Officinali, Aromi, Saponi, Cosmetici, Aerosol, 63, 17–21.
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Bambagiotti AlbertiM, CoranSA, GiannelliniV, VincieriFF, MonetiG. (1981) Inestigations of Pinus mugo essential oil oxygenated fraction by combined use of gas chromatography and dry column chromatography. Planta Medica, 43, 39–45.
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Bambagiotti AlbertiM, CoranSA, GiannelliniV, MonetiG, VincieriFF, SelvaA, TraldiP. (1981) Electron impact mass spectra of naturally occurring bornyl, 4-terpinenyl and alpha-terpinyl C3-C5 esters. Biomedical Mass Spectrometry, 8, 343–346.
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Bambagiotti AlbertiM, GiannelliniV, CoranSA, VincieriFF, MonetiG, SelvaA, TraldiP. (1982) Negative ion chemical ionization and collisional activation mass spectrometry of naturally occurring bornyl C4-C5 esters. Biomedical Mass Spectrometry, 9, 495–498.
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Bambagiotti AlbertiM, PinzautiS, MonetiG, AgatiA, GiannelliniV, CoranSA, VincieriFF. (1984) Direct quantitation of antiseptic quaternary ammonium compounds by Fast Atom Bombardment Mass Spectrometry. Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis, 2, 409–415.
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Bambagiotti AlbertiM, PinzautiS, VincieriFF. (1987) Simultaneous capillary gas chromatographic determination of guaifenesin, dextromethorphan and diphenhydramine in cough-cold syrup. Pharmaceutica Acta Helvetiae, 62, 5–6.
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VincenziniMT, VincieriFF, VanniP. (1973) The effect of octanoate and oleate on isocitrate lyase activity during the germination of Pinus pinea seeds. Plant Physiology, 52, 549–553.
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VincenziniMT, VincieriFF, VanniP. (1975) In vivo effect of octanoate and oleate on glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase during germination of Pinus pinea seeds. The Italian Journal of Biochemistry, 24, 317–324.
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VanniP, VincenziniMT, VincieriFF. (1975) The composition and utilization of lipids and the operation of the glyoxylate cycle during the germination of Lupinus seeds. Experientia, 31, 1392–1394.
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VanniP, VincieriFF, VincenziniMT. (1976) Sensitivity of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase activity to saturated and unsaturated fatty acids. Canadian Journal of Biochemistry, 54, 760–764.
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VanniP, VincenziniMT, VincieriFF, BaccariV. (1977) Stimulation of isocitrate lyase biosynthesis by hydroxylamine and hydrazine. Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, 15, 125–131.
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VincenziniMT, NerozziF, VincieriFF, VanniP. (1980) Isolation and properties of isocitrate lyase from Lupinus seeds. Phytochemistry, 19, 769–774.
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VincieriFF, VincenziniMT, VanniP. (1981) Extraction of active compounds from sarcotesta of Ginkgo biloba seeds: inhibition of some dehydrogenases activity. Rivista Italiana Essenze, Profumi, Piante Officinali, Aromi, Saponi, Cosmetici, Aerosol, 63, 79–82.
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BalatriS. (1981) L'uso del Sedum telephium L. nella pratica chirurgica minore. Bollettino della Società Tosco-Umbra di ChirurgiaXLII, 3–8.
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VincieriFF, MulinacciN, CoranSA, Bambagiotti AlbertiM. (1985) Approccio allo studio dei principi attivi del Sedum telephium. Studi Sassaresi, 45, 21–25.
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SendlA, MulinacciN, VincieriFF, WagnerH. (1993) Anti-inflammatory and immunologically active polysaccharides of Sedum telephium. Phytochemistry, 34, 1357–1362.
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Bambagiotti AlbertiM, SendlA, WagnerH, MulinacciN, VincieriFF, BaldiA. (1995) Flavonol glycosides from Sedum telephium subspecies maximum leaves. Phytochemistry, 38, 531–533.
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MulinacciN, VincieriFF, BaldiA, RomaniA, FarettoD, TraldiP. (1995) Mass spectrometric methodologies in plant analysis: The case of flavonols in Sedum telephium L. juice Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, 9, 963–967.
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SturmS, MulinacciN, VincieriFF, StuppnerH. (1999) Analysis of flavonols of Sedum telephium L. leaves by capillary electrophoresis and HPLC-mass spectrometry. Chromatographia, 50, 433–438.
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BoninaF, PugliaC, TomainoA, SaijaA, MulinacciN, RomaniA, VincieriFF. (2000) In vitro antioxidant and in vivo photoprotective effect of three lyophilized extracts of Sedum telephium L. leaves. Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, 52, 1271–1277.
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RaimondiL, BanchelliG, DalmazziD, MulinacciN, RomaniA, VincieriFF, PirisinoR. (2000) Sedum telephium L. polysaccharide content affects MRC5 cell adhesion to laminin and fibronectin. Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, 52, 585–591.
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GrieveM. (1967) Dropwort, Hemlock Water. In A Modern Herbal The Medicinal, Culinary, Cosmetic and Economic Properties, Cultivation and Folk-Lore of Herbs, Grasses, Fungi, Shrubs & Trees with their Modern Scientific Uses. Vol. 1, LeyelCF (Ed), Hafner Publishing Co., New York. 264–272.
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WatsonW. (1757/1758) A further account of the poisonous effects of the Oenanthe aquatica succo viroso crocante of Lobel, or hemlock dropwort. Philosophical Transactions (1683–1775), 50, 856–859.
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VincieriFF, CoranSA, Bambagiotti AlbertiM. (1976) Composition of the Oenanthe aquatica essential oil. Planta Medica, 29, 101–112.
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VincieriFF, CoranSA, GiannelliniV, Bambagiotti AlbertiM. (1981) Isolation and structural elucidation of Oenanthe aquatica L fruit C15 polyacetylene hydrocarbons. Chemische Berichte, 114, 468–476.
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VincieriFF, CoranSA, GiannelliniV, Bambagiotti AlbertiM. (1985) Oxygenated C15polyacetylenes from Oenanthe aquatica L fruit. Planta Medica, 107–110.
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VincieriFF, CoranSA, Bambagiotti AlbertiM, SmulevichG, MarzocchiMP. (1986) Second-derivative UV spectra of polyacetylene chromophores: fingerprints of their geometrical isomers. Chemische Berichte, 119, 2843–2847.
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SmulevichG, MarzocchiMP, VincieriFF, CoranSA, Bambagiotti AlbertiM. (1987). Vibronic absorption spectra of naturally occurring conjugated polyenynes. Evidence for localized excitations. Journal of Chemical Society, Perkin Transactions, 1431–1437.
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CoranSA, Bambagiotti albertiM, VincieriFF, MonetiG. (1987) Rapid monitoring of biologically-active substances in medicinal plants by tandem mass spectrometry. The identification of lignans in Oenanthe aquatica Lam. Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis, 5, 509–514.
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VincieriFF, CoranSA, MulinacciN, Bambagiotti AlbertiM. (1989) An insight into Oenanthe aquatica L fruit tincture through the MS identification of its gas chromatographable compounds. Pharmaceutica Acta Helvetiae, 64, 30–34.
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VincieriFF, MulinacciN, MazziG, CoranSA, Bambagiotti AlbertiM. (1988) Stabilization of tincture with cyclodextrins: a tincture from the fruits of Oenanthe aquatica L. International Journal of Pharmaceutics, 48, 119–123.
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VincieriFF, MazziG, MulinacciN. (1994) Permeation of Oenanthe aquatica fruit tincture-β-cyclodextrin complex through artificial membranes. Il Farmaco, 49, 63–67.
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RomaniA, PinelliP, MulinacciN, VincieriFF, GravanoE, TattiniM. (2000) Identification and quantitation of flavonoids and secoiridoids in leaves of Ligustrum vulgare L. (Oleaceae). Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 48, 4091–4096.
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PinelliP, RomaniA, MulinacciN, GalardiC, VincieriFF, TattiniM. (2000) HPLC analysis of polyphenols in Pistacia lentiscus L. leaves. Polyphenols 2000, INRA editions, Paris, France, 78–83.
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RomaniA, CoinuR, CartaS, PinelliP, GalardiC, VincieriFF, FranconiF. (2004) Evaluation of antioxidant effect of different extracts of Myrtus communis L. Free Radical Research, 38, 97–103.
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BaldiA, RomaniA, MulinacciN, VincieriFF, CasettaB. (1995) HPLC/MS application to anthocyanins of Vitis vinifera L. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 43, 2104–2109.
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BaldiA, RomaniA, MulinacciN, VincieriFF. (1993) Polyphenols in Tuscan varieties of Vitis vinifera L. Journal International des Sciences de la Vigne et du Vin, 27, 201–215.
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VisioliE, GalliC (1998) Olive oil phenols and their potential effects on human health. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 46, 4292–4296.
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HertogMGL, KromhoutD, AravanisC, BlackburnH, BuzinaR, FidanzaF, GiampaoliS, JansenA, MenottiA, NedeljkovicS, PekkarinenM, SimicBS, ToshimaH, FeskensEJM, HollmanPCH, KatanMB. (1995) Flavonoid intake and long-term risk of coronary heart disease and cancer in the Seven Countries Study. Archives of Internal Medicine, 155, 381–386.
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LipworthL, MartinezME, AngellJ, HsienCC, TrichopoulosD. (1997) Olive oil and human cancer an assessment of the evidence. Preventive Medicine, 26, 181–190.
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VisioliF, GalliC. (1998) The effect of minor constituents of olive oil on cardiovascular disease: new findings. Nutrition Reviews, 56, 142–147.
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RomaniA, MulinacciN, PinelliP, VincieriFF, CimatoA. (1999) Polyphenolic content in five tuscany cultivars of Olea europaea L. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 47, 964–967.
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RomaniA, PinelliP, MulinacciN, GalardiC, VincieriFF, LiberatoreL, CichelliA. (2001) HPLC and HRGC analysis of polyphenols and secoiridoids in olive oil. Chromatographia, 53, 279–284.
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MulinacciN, GiaccheriniC, InnocentiM, RomaniA, VincieriFF, MarottaF, MatteiA. (2005) Analysis of extra virgin olive oils from stoned olives. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, 85, 662–670.
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SaviozziA, RiffaldiR, Levi-MinziR, ScagnozziA, VenniG. (1993). Decomposition of vegetation-water sludge in soil. Bioresource Technology, 44, 223–228.
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RomaniA, BaldiA, MulinacciN, VincieriFF, ManciniP. (1996). Acque reflue di frantoio: studio dei composti polifenolici per un eventuale uso alternativo. Problemi e prospettive. Atti del XVII Congresso Nazionale di Merceologia. Merci e cicli produttivi nel settore agroindustriale alle soglie del 21secolo, 1, 834–841.
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VisioliF, RomaniA, MulinacciN, ZariniS, ConteD, VincieriFF, GalliC. (1999) Antioxidant and other biological activities of olive mill waste waters. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 47, 3397–3401.
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MulinacciN, RomaniA, GalardiC, PinelliP, GiaccheriniC, VincieriFF. (2001) Polyphenolic content in olive oil waste waters and related olive samples. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 49, 3509–3514.
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MulinacciN, InnocentiM, la MarcaG, MercalliE, GiaccheriniC, RomaniA, EricaS, VincieriFF. (2005) Solid olive residue: an insight on their polyphenolic composition. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 53, 8963–8969.
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BiliaAR, FumarolaM, GalloriS, MazziG, VincieriFF. (2000) Identification by HPLC-DAD and HPLC-MS analyses and quantification of constituents of fennel teas and decoctions. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 48, 4734–4738.
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BiliaAR, SalviniD, MazziG, VincieriFF. (2001) Characterization of calendula, milk-thistle and passionflower tinctures by HPLC-DAD and HPLC-MS. Chromatographia, 53, 210–215.
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BiliaAR, BergonziMC, MorgenniF, MazziG, VincieriFF. (2001) Evaluation of stability of St. John's wort commercial extract and some preparations. International Journal of Pharmaceutics, 213, 199–208.
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BergonziMC, BiliaAR, GalloriS, GuerriniD, VincieriFF. (2001) Variability in the content of the constituents of Hypericum perforatum and some commercial extracts. Drug Development and Industrial Pharmacy, 27, 491–97.
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GalloriS, FlaminiG, BiliaAR, MorelliI, LandiniA, VincieriFF. (2001) Chemical composition of some traditional herbal drug preparations: essential oil and aromatic water of Costmary (Balsamita suaveolens Pers.). Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 49, 5907–5910.
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BiliaAR, FlaminiG, TaglioliV, MorelliI, VincieriFF. (2002) GC-MS analysis of essential oil of some commercial Fennel teas. Food Chemistry, 76, 307–310.
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BiliaAR, BergonziMC, MazziG, VincieriFF. (2002) HPLC-DAD and HPLC-MS analysis and stability of the constituents of Artichoke and St. John's wort tinctures. Drug Development and Industrial Pharmacy, 28, 609–619
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BiliaAR, BergonziMC, MazziG, VincieriFF. (2002) Stability of the constituents of Calendula, Milk-thistle and Passionflower tinctures by HPLC-DAD and HPLC-MS analyses. Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis, 30, 613–617.
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SturmS, TaglioliV, BiliaAR, VincieriFF, StuppnerH. (2003) Analysis of alkaloids in Ipecacuanhae radix and preparations by capillary zone electrophoresis. Journal of Separation Science, 26, 1175–1179.
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GalloriS, BiliaAR, BergonziMC, BarbosaWLR, VincieriFF. (2004) Polyphenolic constituents of fruit juice of Euterpe oleracea Mart. (Açai palm). Chromatographia, 59, 739–743.
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GalloriG, GiaccheriniC, BiliaAR, MulinacciN, VincieriFF. (2004) Identification of anthocyanins in Amorphophallus titanum (Becc.) Becc. Chromatographia, 59, 647–651.
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BiliaAR, Melillo de MalgalhaesP, BergonziMC, VincieriFF. (2006) Simultaneous analysis of artemisinin and flavonoids of several extracts of Artemisia annua L. obtained from a commercial sample and a selected cultivar. Phytomedicine, 13, 487–493.
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KariotiA, ChatzopoulouA, BiliaAR, LiakopoulosG, StavrianakouS, SkaltsaS. (2006) Novel secoiridoid glucosides in Olea europaea leaves suffering from boron deficiency. Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry, 70, 1898–1903.
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BiliaAR, GabrieleC, BergonziMC, Melillo de MalgalhaesP, VincieriFF. (2006) Variation in artemisinin and flavonoids content in different extracts of Artemisia annua L. Natural Product Communications, 1, 1111–1115.
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BiliaAR, EternoF, BergonziMC, MazziG, VincieriFF. (2007) Evaluation of the content and stability of the constituents of mother tinctures and tinctures: the case of Crataegus oxyacantha L. and Hieracium pilosella L. Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis, 44, 70–78.
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IsacchiB, BergonziMC, CarnevaliF, van der EschSA, VincieriFF, BiliaAR. (2007) Analysis and stability of the constituents of St. John's wort oils prepared with different methods. Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis, 45, 756–761.
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BaraldiR, IsacchiB, PredieriS, MarconiG, VincieriFF, BiliaAR. (2008) Distribution of artemisinin and bioactive flavonoids from Artemisia annua L. during plant growth. Biochemical Systematics and Ecology, 36, 340–348.
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BiliaAR, GiomiM, InnocentiM, GalloriS, VincieriFF. (2008) HPLC-DAD-ESI-MS analysis of the constituents of aqueous preparations of verbena and lemon verbena and evaluation of the antioxidant activity. Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis, 46, 463–470.
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BirilliR, FerrettiR, GallinellaB, BiliaAR, VincieriFF, La TorreF. (2008) Enantioseparation of kavain on Chiralpak IA under normal-phase, polar organic and reversed-phase conditions. Journal of Separation Science, 31, 2206–2210.
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BiliaAR, BergonziMC, MazziG, VincieriFF. (2001) Analysis of plant complex matrices by use of nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy: St. John's wort extract. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 49, 2115–2124.
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BiliaAR, BergonziMC, LazariD, VincieriFF. (2002) Characterisation of commercial kava-kava herbal drug and herbal drug preparations by means of nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 50, 5016–5025.
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BiliaAR, BergonziMC, MazziG, VincieriFF. (2002) Analysis of plant complex matrices by use of nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy: supercritical carbon dioxide arnica extract. Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis, 30, 321–330.
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PalchettiI, MasciniM, MinunniM, BiliaAR, VincieriFF. (2003) Disposable electrochemical sensor for rapid determination of heavy metals in herbal drugs. Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis, 32, 251–256.
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MinunniM, TombelliS, MarrazzaG, PalchettiI, MasciniM, BiliaAR, BergonziMC, VincieriFF. (2005) An optical DNA-based biosensor for the analysis of bioactive constituents with application in drug and herbal drug screening. Talanta, 65, 578–585.
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TaglioliV, BiliaAR, GhiaraC, MazziG, MercatiV, VincieriFF. (2001) Evaluation of the dissolution behaviours of some commercial herbal drugs and their preparations. Pharmazie, 56, 868–870.
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BiliaAR, BergonziMC, MorrisGA, Lo NostroP, VincieriFF. (2002) A diffusion-ordered NMR spectroscopy study of the solubilization of artemisinin by octanoyl-6-O-ascorbic acid. Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 91, 2265–2270.
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BergonziMC, BiliaAR, CasiraghiA, CilurzoF, MinghettiP, MontanariL, VincieriFF. (2005) Evaluation of skin permeability of sesquiterpenes of an innovative supercritical carbon dioxide arnica extract by HPLC/DAD/MS. Die Pharmazie, 60, 36–38.
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BiliaAR, BergonziMC, MazziG, VincieriFF. (2006) Development and stability of semisolid preparations based on a supercritical CO2 arnica extract. Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis, 41, 449–54.
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BergonziMC, BiliaAR, Di BariL, MazziG, VincieriFF. (2007) Studies on the interactions between some flavonols and cyclodextrins. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters, 17, 5744–5748.
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SinicoC, CaddeoC, ValentiD, FaddaAM, BiliaAR, VincieriFF. (2008) Liposomes as carriers for verbascoside: stability and skin permeation studies. Journal of Liposome Research, 18, 83–90
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BiliaAR, ScaliseL, BergonziMC, VincieriFF. (2008) Effect of surfactants and solutes (glucose and NaCl) on solubility of kavain. American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists-(AAPS Pharmscitech), 9, 444–448.
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BiliaAR, LazariD, MessoriL, TaglioliV, TemperiniC, VincieriFF. (2002) Simple and rapid physico-chemical methods to examine action of antiimalarial drugs: its application to Artemisia annua L. constituents. Life Sciences, 70, 769–778.
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MessoriL, PiccioliF, EitlerB, BergonziMC, BiliaAR, VincieriFF. (2003) Spectrophotometric and ESI-MS/HPLC studies reveal a common mechanism for the reaction of various artemisinin analogues with hemin. Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry letters, 13, 4055–4057.
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MessoriL, PiccioliF, TemperiniC, BiliaAR, VincieriFF, AllegrozziM, TuranoP. (2004) The reaction of artemisinin with hemin: a further insight into the mechanism. Inorganica Chimica Acta, 357, 4602–4606.
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MessoriL, GabbianiC, CasiniA, SiragusaM, VincieriFF, BiliaAR. (2006) The reaction of artemisinins with hemoglobin: A unified picture. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry, 14, 2972–2977.
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SannellaAR, MessoriL., CasiniA, VincieriFF, BiliaAR, MajoriG, SeveriniC. (2007) Antimalarial properties of green tea. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, 353, 177–181.
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MulinacciN, la MarcaG, InnocentiM, VincieriFF, Crespi PerellinoN, MinghettiA. (2005) Cell cultures of Ajuga reptans L. to bioconvert emodin and aloe-emodin: an HPLC/ESI/MS investigation. Enzyme and Microbial Technology, 36, 399–408.
