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Francesco Epifano is affiliated with the University of Chieti-Pescara in Italy. Their research spans multiple fields including Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with significant contributions to subfields such as Molecular Biology, Plant Science, Materials Chemistry, Food Science, and Complementary and Alternative Medicine.

Key areas of research focus on topics like Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity, Plant Chemical Constituents Analysis, Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities, Medicinal Plants and Neuroprotection, Synthesis of Organic Compounds, Layered Double Hydroxides Synthesis and Applications, and Mesoporous Materials and Catalysis.

Frequent collaborators in their work include Serena Fiorito, Salvatore Genovese, Lucia Palumbo, Chiara Collevecchio, and Lorenzo Marchetti.

Publication venues commonly featuring Epifano's work include the Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis with eight publications, Molecules and Food Chemistry with four publications each, Phytochemical Analysis with four, and Phytochemistry Reviews with three publications.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Epifano include:

  • Green Synthesis of Silver Nanoparticles Using Astragalus tribuloides Delile. Root Extract: Characterization, Antioxidant, Antibacterial, and Anti-Inflammatory Activities, 2020, Nanomaterials
  • Phytofabrication of Silver Nanoparticles (AgNPs) with Pharmaceutical Capabilities Using Otostegia persica (Burm.) Boiss. Leaf Extract, 2021, Nanomaterials
  • Phytochemical Analysis and Biological Investigation of Nepeta juncea Benth. Different Extracts, 2020, Plants
  • Teucrium polium (L.): Phytochemical Screening and Biological Activities at Different Phenological Stages, 2022, Molecules
  • Auraptene and umbelliprenin: a review on their latest literature acquisitions, 2020, Phytochemistry Reviews

Best Publications

  • Chemistry and biological activity of natural and synthetic prenyloxycoumarins.

    Massimo Curini;Giancarlo Cravotto;Francesco Epifano;Giovanni Giannone

  • Chemistry and pharmacology of oxyprenylated secondary plant metabolites

    Francesco Epifano;Salvatore Genovese;Luigi Menghini;Massimo Curini

  • Ytterbium triflate promoted synthesis of 1,5-benzodiazepine derivatives

    Massimo Curini;Francesco Epifano;Maria C Marcotullio;Ornelio Rosati

  • Chemical composition, antimicrobial and antioxidant activity of the essential oil of Teucrium marum (Lamiaceae)

    Donata Ricci;Daniele Fraternale;Laura Giamperi;Anahi Bucchini

  • Green Synthesis of Silver Nanoparticles Using Astragalus tribuloides Delile. Root Extract: Characterization, Antioxidant, Antibacterial, and Anti-Inflammatory Activities.

    Majid Sharifi-Rad;Pawel Pohl;Francesco Epifano;José M Álvarez-Suarez;José M Álvarez-Suarez

  • Carbamate synthesis from amines and dimethyl carbonate under ytterbium triflate catalysis

    Massimo Curini;Francesco Epifano;Federica Maltese;Ornelio Rosati

  • Dietary administration with prenyloxycoumarins, auraptene and collinin, inhibits colitis‐related colon carcinogenesis in mice

    Hiroyuki Kohno;Rikako Suzuki;Massimo Curini;Francesco Epifano

  • A green deep eutectic solvent dispersive liquid-liquid micro-extraction (DES-DLLME) for the UHPLC-PDA determination of oxyprenylated phenylpropanoids in olive, soy, peanuts, corn, and sunflower oil.

    Vincenzo Ferrone;Salvatore Genovese;Maura Carlucci;Matteo Tiecco

  • Lapachol and its congeners as anticancer agents: a review

    Francesco Epifano;Salvatore Genovese;Serena Fiorito;Véronique Mathieu

  • Ytterbium Triflate Promoted Synthesis of Benzimidazole Derivatives

    Massimo Curini;Francesco Epifano;Francesca Montanari;Ornelio Rosati

  • Synthesis of Collinin, an Antiviral Coumarin

    Massimo Curini;Francesco Epifano;Federica Maltese;Maria Carla Marcotullio

  • Colorectal cancer chemoprevention by 2 β-cyclodextrin inclusion compounds of auraptene and 4′-geranyloxyferulic acid

    Takuji Tanaka;Mariangela B.M. de Azevedo;Nelson Durán;Joel B. Alderete

  • Anthraquinone profile, antioxidant and antimicrobial activity of bark extracts of Rhamnus alaternus, R. fallax, R. intermedia and R. pumila

    I. Kosalec;D. Kremer;M. Locatelli;F. Epifano

  • Heterogeneous Catalysis in Trimethylsilylation of Alcohols and Phenols by Zirconium Sulfophenyl Phosphonate

    Massimo Curini;Francesco Epifano;Maria Carla Marcotullio;Ornelio Rosati

  • “Ytterbium triflate catalyzed synthesis of β-enaminones”,

    Francesco Epifano;Salvatore Genovese;Massimo Curini

  • The role of the monoterpene composition inPinus spp. needles, in host selection by the pine processionary caterpillar,Thaumetopoea pityocampa

    R. Tiberi;A. Niccoli;M. Curini;F. Epifano

  • Anthraquinone profiles, antioxidant and antimicrobial properties of Frangula rupestris (Scop.) Schur and Frangula alnus Mill. bark

    D. Kremer;I. Kosalec;M. Locatelli;F. Epifano

  • Composition and in vitro Antifungal Activity of Essential Oils of Erigeron canadensis and Myrtus communis from France

    M. Curini;A. Bianchi;F. Epifano;R. Bruni

  • Comparison of three different extraction methods and HPLC determination of the anthraquinones aloe-emodine, emodine, rheine, chrysophanol and physcione in the bark of Rhamnus alpinus L. (Rhamnaceae)

    S. Genovese;F. Tammaro;L. Menghini;G. Carlucci

  • Growth inhibitory activities of oxyprenylated and non-prenylated naturally occurring phenylpropanoids in cancer cell lines.

    Céline Bruyère;Salvatore Genovese;Benjamin Lallemand;Alexandra Ionescu-Motatu

  • Preparation and deprotection of 1,1-diacetates (acylals) using zirconium sulfophenyl phosphonate as catalyst

    Massimo Curini;Francesco Epifano;Maria Carla Marcotullio;Ornelio Rosati

Frequent Co-Authors

Massimo Curini
Massimo Curini University of Perugia
Marcello Locatelli
Marcello Locatelli University of Chieti-Pescara
Daniel Grenier
Daniel Grenier Université Laval
Robert Kiss
Robert Kiss Université Libre de Bruxelles
Takuji Tanaka
Takuji Tanaka Gifu University
Roberto Ballini
Roberto Ballini University of Camerino
Morena Nocchetti
Morena Nocchetti University of Perugia
Sandrine Silvente-Poirot
Sandrine Silvente-Poirot Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées
Umberto Costantino
Umberto Costantino University of Perugia
Andrew D. Hamilton
Andrew D. Hamilton New York University

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