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Enrico Monzani

Enrico Monzani

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Chemistry

D-Index
47
Citations
9284
World Ranking
15548
National Ranking
560

Overview

Enrico Monzani is affiliated with the University of Pavia in Italy and has a research focus primarily within Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work spans several subfields including Physiology, Cell Biology, Nutrition and Dietetics, Molecular Biology, and Neurology.

The scientist's recent publications exhibit a strong interest in neurodegenerative diseases, trace elements, and biochemical processes involving metals. Notable papers include:

  • Neuromelanins in brain aging and Parkinson's disease: synthesis, structure, neuroinflammatory, and neurodegenerative role, 2022, IUBMB Life
  • Interaction of Neuromelanin with Xenobiotics and Consequences for Neurodegeneration; Promising Experimental Models, 2021, Antioxidants
  • The reactivity of copper complexes with neuronal peptides promoted by catecholamines and its impact on neurodegeneration, 2022, Coordination Chemistry Reviews
  • Copper Binding and Redox Activity of α-Synuclein in Membrane-Like Environment, 2023, Biomolecules
  • Interaction between Hemin and Prion Peptides: Binding, Oxidative Reactivity and Aggregation, 2020, International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Monzani frequently collaborates with several researchers, including Luigi Casella, Chiara Bacchella, Simone Dell'Acqua, Andrea Capucciati, and Stefania Nicolis. Coauthor counts indicate ongoing collaborative relationships, contributing to the breadth of Monzani's research output.

Their work is regularly published in journals such as Antioxidants, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry, and Molecules. These venues reflect a multidisciplinary approach cutting across chemistry, biochemistry, and clinical relevance.

Research topics covered by Monzani include:

  • Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
  • Melanin and skin pigmentation
  • Trace Elements in Health
  • Metal-Catalyzed Oxygenation Mechanisms
  • Cholinesterase and Neurodegenerative Diseases
  • Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies
  • Computational Drug Discovery Methods

Best Publications

  • Neurotoxicity of a prion protein fragment

    Gianluigi Forloni;Nadia Angeretti;Roberto Chiesa;Enrico Monzani

  • Nature of Urea−Fluoride Interaction: Incipient and Definitive Proton Transfer

    Massimo Boiocchi;Laura Del Boca;David Esteban Gómez;Luigi Fabbrizzi

  • Tyrosinase Models. Synthesis, Structure, Catechol Oxidase Activity, and Phenol Monooxygenase Activity of a Dinuclear Copper Complex Derived from a Triamino Pentabenzimidazole Ligand.

    Enrico Monzani;Luisa Quinti;Angelo Perotti;Luigi Casella

  • Urea vs. thiourea in anion recognition

    David Esteban Gómez;Luigi Fabbrizzi;Maurizio Licchelli;Enrico Monzani

  • Anion‐Induced Urea Deprotonation

    Massimo Boiocchi;Laura Del Boca;David Esteban-Gómez;Luigi Fabbrizzi

  • New melanic pigments in the human brain that accumulate in aging and block environmental toxic metals

    Luigi Zecca;Chiara Bellei;Patrizia Costi;Alberto Albertini

  • Dopamine, Oxidative Stress and Protein–Quinone Modifications in Parkinson's and Other Neurodegenerative Diseases

    Enrico Monzani;Stefania Nicolis;Simone Dell'Acqua;Andrea Capucciati

  • Inhibition of the catecholase activity of biomimetic dinuclear copper complexes by kojic acid.

    G Battaini;E Monzani;L Casella;L Santagostini

  • Mechanistic, Structural, and Spectroscopic Studies on the Catecholase Activity of a Dinuclear Copper Complex by Dioxygen

    Enrico Monzani;Giuseppe Battaini;Angelo Perotti;Luigi Casella

  • Reversible dioxygen binding and phenol oxygenation in a tyrosinase model system.

    Laura Santagostini;Michele Gullotti;Enrico Monzani;Luigi Casella

  • Hydroxylation of phenolic compounds by a peroxodicopper(II) complex: further insight into the mechanism of tyrosinase.

    Sara Palavicini;Alessandro Granata;Enrico Monzani;Luigi Casella

  • Functional Modeling of Tyrosinase. Mechanism of Phenol ortho-Hydroxylation by Dinuclear Copper Complexes

    Luigi Casella;Enrico Monzani;Michele Gullotti;Daniela Cavagnino

  • Conformational Switching and Fibrillogenesis in the Amyloidogenic Fragment of Apolipoprotein A-I

    Alessia Andreola;Vittorio Bellotti;Sofia Giorgetti;Palma Mangione

  • Kinetics and Thermodynamics of Halide and Nitrite Oxidation by Mammalian Heme Peroxidases

    Jürgen Arnhold;Enrico Monzani;Paul G. Furtmüller;Martina Zederbauer

  • Recognition and sensing of nucleoside monophosphates by a dicopper(II) cryptate.

    Valeria Amendola;Greta Bergamaschi;Armando Buttafava;Luigi Fabbrizzi

  • Biomimetic Oxidations by Dinuclear and Trinuclear Copper Complexes

    Giuseppe Battaini;Alessandro Granata;Enrico Monzani;Michele Gullotti

  • Chiral receptors for phosphate ions

    Valeria Amendola;Massimo Boiocchi;David Esteban-Gómez;Luigi Fabbrizzi

  • Mechanistic insight into the catechol oxidase activity by a biomimetic dinuclear copper complex.

    Alessandro Granata;Enrico Monzani;Luigi Casella

  • Enzymatic properties of human hemalbumin.

    Enrico Monzani;Barbara Bonafè;Alessandra Fallarini;Cristina Redaelli

  • Oxidation of Phenolic Compounds by Lactoperoxidase. Evidence for the Presence of a Low-Potential Compound II during Catalytic Turnover†

    Enrico Monzani;Alba Laura Gatti;Antonella Profumo;Luigi Casella

Frequent Co-Authors

Luigi Casella
Luigi Casella University of Pavia
Luigi Fabbrizzi
Luigi Fabbrizzi University of Pavia
Luigi Zecca
Luigi Zecca National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Luca De Gioia
Luca De Gioia University of Milano-Bicocca
Luigi Bubacco
Luigi Bubacco University of Padua
Maurizio Licchelli
Maurizio Licchelli University of Pavia
Jan Reedijk
Jan Reedijk Leiden University
Giorgio Zoppellaro
Giorgio Zoppellaro Palacký University, Olomouc
Antonella Profumo
Antonella Profumo University of Pavia
Lucio Randaccio
Lucio Randaccio University of Trieste

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