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Italy
2025

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Chemistry

D-Index
75
Citations
22167
World Ranking
4406
National Ranking
88

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in Italy Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in Italy Leader Award

Overview

Nino Russo is affiliated with the University of Calabria in Italy and has a research portfolio primarily in the fields of Chemistry and Medicine. Their work spans several subfields including Organic Chemistry, Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, Materials Chemistry, and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine.

The research topics covered by Russo include:

  • Free Radicals and Antioxidants
  • Photodynamic Therapy Research Studies
  • Porphyrin and Phthalocyanine Chemistry
  • Photochemistry and Electron Transfer Studies
  • Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities
  • Metal complexes synthesis and properties
  • Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics

Frequent publication venues for Russo's research are:

  • Journal of Computational Chemistry
  • Archive of Doctoral Theses and Digital Collections (University of Calabria)
  • Antioxidants
  • Molecules
  • ACS Catalysis

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Nino Russo include:

  • "Breaking the barrier: an osmium photosensitizer with unprecedented hypoxic phototoxicity for real world photodynamic therapy," 2020, Chemical Science
  • "The Effects of the Metal Ion Substitution into the Active Site of Metalloenzymes: A Theoretical Insight on Some Selected Cases," 2020, Catalysts
  • "Phenolic matrix effect on aroma formation of terpenes during simulated wine fermentation - Part I: Phenolic acids," 2020, Food Chemistry
  • "Os(II) Oligothienyl Complexes as a Hypoxia-Active Photosensitizer Class for Photodynamic Therapy," 2020, Inorganic Chemistry
  • "Chalcogen effects on the primary antioxidant activity of chrysin and quercetin," 2020, New Journal of Chemistry

Nino Russo has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including:

  • Tiziana Marino
  • Mario Prejanò
  • Marta E. Alberto
  • Marirosa Toscano
  • Bruna Clara De Simone

Best Publications

  • The molecular basis of working mechanism of natural polyphenolic antioxidants

    Monica Leopoldini;Nino Russo;Marirosa Toscano

  • Antioxidant Properties of Phenolic Compounds: H-Atom versus Electron Transfer Mechanism

    Monica Leopoldini;Tiziana Marino;Nino Russo;Marirosa Toscano

  • Iron Chelation by the Powerful Antioxidant Flavonoid Quercetin

    Monica Leopoldini;Nino Russo;Sandro Chiodo;Marirosa Toscano

  • LANL2DZ basis sets recontracted in the framework of density functional theory

    S. Chiodo;N. Russo;E. Sicilia

  • Food Antioxidants: Chemical Insights at the Molecular Level

    Annia Galano;Gloria Mazzone;Ruslán Alvarez-Diduk;Tiziana Marino

  • Structure, Conformation, and Electronic Properties of Apigenin, Luteolin, and Taxifolin Antioxidants. A First Principle Theoretical Study

    Monica Leopoldini;Immaculada Prieto Pitarch;Nino Russo;Marirosa Toscano

  • SEQUENTIAL RESONANCE ASSIGNMENTS IN H-1-NMR SPECTRA OF OLIGONUCLEOTIDES BY TWO-DIMENSIONAL NMR-SPECTROSCOPY

    R. M. Scheek;R. Boelens;N. Russo;J. H. Van Boom

  • A physicochemical examination of the free radical scavenging activity of Trolox: mechanism, kinetics and influence of the environment.

    Marta E. Alberto;Nino Russo;Andre Grand;Annia Galano

  • Antioxidant activity of trans-resveratrol toward hydroxyl and hydroperoxyl radicals: a quantum chemical and computational kinetics study.

    Cristina Iuga;J Raúl Alvarez-Idaboy;Nino Russo

  • SEQUENTIAL RESONANCE ASSIGNMENTS IN DNA H-1-NMR SPECTRA BY TWO-DIMENSIONAL NOE SPECTROSCOPY

    Ruud Scheek;N Russo;R Boelens;R Kaptein

  • Radical Scavenging Ability of Gallic Acid toward OH and OOH Radicals. Reaction Mechanism and Rate Constants from the Density Functional Theory

    Tiziana Marino;Annia Galano;Nino Russo;Nino Russo

  • Density functional computations of the energetic and spectroscopic parameters of quercetin and its radicals in the gas phase and in solvent

    Monica Leopoldini;Tiziana Marino;Nino Russo;Marirosa Toscano

  • A density functional study of small copper clusters: Cun (n⩽5)

    P. Calaminici;A. M. Koster;Nino Russo;D. R. Salahub

  • Bond energies and attachments sites of sodium and potassium cations to DNA and RNA nucleic acid bases in the gas phase.

    Nino Russo;Marirosa Toscano;André Grand

  • Semiempirical molecular modeling into quercetin reactive site: structural, conformational, and electronic features.

    Nino Russo;Marirosa Toscano;Nicola Uccella

  • Structural and electronic characterization of the complexes obtained by the interaction between bare and hydrated first-row transition-metal ions (Mn2+, Fe2+, Co2+, Ni2+, Cu2+, Zn2+) and glycine

    Tiziana Marino;Marirosa Toscano;Nino Russo;André Grand

  • Ground and excited states of group IVA diatomics from local‐spin‐density calculations: Model potentials for Si, Ge, and Sn

    Jan Andzelm;Nino Russo;Dennis R. Salahub

  • Theoretical determination of electron affinity and ionization potential of DNA and RNA bases

    Nino Russo;Marirosa Toscano;André Grand

  • Protonation of Thymine, Cytosine, Adenine, and Guanine DNA Nucleic Acid Bases: Theoretical Investigation into the Framework of Density Functional Theory

    Nino Russo;Marirosa Toscano;André Grand;Franck Jolibois

  • Interaction of cysteine with Cu2+ and group IIb (Zn2+, Cd2+, Hg2+) metal cations: a theoretical study.

    M. Belcastro;T. Marino;N. Russo;M. Toscano

Frequent Co-Authors

Marirosa Toscano
Marirosa Toscano University of Calabria
Vincenzo Barone
Vincenzo Barone Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa
Carlo Adamo
Carlo Adamo Institut Universitaire de France
Annia Galano
Annia Galano Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana
Maria J. Ramos
Maria J. Ramos University of Porto
Pedro A. Fernandes
Pedro A. Fernandes University of Porto
Jan Andzelm
Jan Andzelm United States Army Research Laboratory
Dennis R. Salahub
Dennis R. Salahub University of Calgary
Francesc Illas
Francesc Illas University of Barcelona
Jesus M. Ugalde
Jesus M. Ugalde Donostia International Physics Center

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