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Raffaele Saladino

Raffaele Saladino

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Chemistry

D-Index
56
Citations
9915
World Ranking
11770
National Ranking
382

Overview

Raffaele Saladino is a researcher affiliated with Tuscia University in Italy. Their scholarly work spans multiple disciplines, primarily within biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, complemented by contributions to chemistry. Over the course of their career, they have produced research focused on organic chemistry, molecular biology, and the interface of astronomy and astrophysics, among other areas.

The scientist's work addresses several specialized subfields, including:

  • Organic Chemistry
  • Molecular Biology
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Materials Chemistry
  • Biomedical Engineering

Key topics covered in their research output include:

  • Origins and Evolution of Life
  • Lignin and Wood Chemistry
  • Enzyme-mediated dye degradation
  • Cancer therapeutics and mechanisms
  • Enzyme Catalysis and Immobilization
  • Astro and Planetary Science
  • Planetary Science and Exploration

Raffaele Saladino has contributed to several publication venues, notably:

  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • RSC Advances
  • ChemCatChem
  • ACS Omega
  • Molecules

Their recent papers include:

  • Nano-Structured Lignin as Green Antioxidant and UV Shielding Ingredient for Sunscreen Applications, 2021, Antioxidants
  • Green and Scalable Preparation of Colloidal Suspension of Lignin Nanoparticles and Its Application in Eco-friendly Sunscreen Formulations, 2021, ACS Omega
  • Lignin nanoparticles are renewable and functional platforms for the concanavalin a oriented immobilization of glucose oxidase-peroxidase in cascade bio-sensing, 2020, RSC Advances
  • The role of borosilicate glass in Miller-Urey experiment, 2021, Scientific Reports
  • Insoluble organic matter in chondrites: Archetypal melanin-like PAH-based multifunctionality at the origin of life?, 2021, Physics of Life Reviews

Collaboration is a notable aspect of their professional work, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Bruno Mattia Bizzarri
  • Lorenzo Botta
  • Eliana Capecchi
  • Davide Piccinino
  • Claudio Zippilli

Best Publications

  • Milled wood lignin: a linear oligomer.

    Claudia Crestini;Federica Melone;Marco Sette;Raffaele Saladino

  • Formamide and the origin of life

    Raffaele Saladino;Claudia Crestini;Samanta Pino;Giovanna Costanzo

  • Oxidative strategies in lignin chemistry: A new environmental friendly approach for the functionalisation of lignin and lignocellulosic fibers

    Claudia Crestini;Marcello Crucianelli;Marco Orlandi;Raffaele Saladino

  • A possible prebiotic synthesis of purine, adenine, cytosine, and 4(3H)-pyrimidinone from formamide: implications for the origin of life

    R. Saladino;C Crestini;G. Costanzo;R. Negri

  • Genetics first or metabolism first? The formamide clue

    Raffaele Saladino;Giorgia Botta;Samanta Pino;Giovanna Costanzo

  • Meteorite-catalyzed syntheses of nucleosides and of other prebiotic compounds from formamide under proton irradiation.

    Raffaele Saladino;Eleonora Carota;Giorgia Botta;Mikhail Kapralov

  • Immobilized methyltrioxo rhenium (MTO)/H2O2 systems for the oxidation of lignin and lignin model compounds

    Claudia Crestini;Maria Chiara Caponi;Dimitris S. Argyropoulos;Raffaele Saladino

  • One-pot TiO2-catalyzed synthesis of nucleic bases and acyclonucleosides from formamide: implications for the origin of life.

    Raffaele Saladino;Umberto Ciambecchini;Claudia Crestini;Giovanna Costanzo

  • Formamide chemistry and the origin of informational polymers.

    Raffaele Saladino;Claudia Crestini;Fabiana Ciciriello;Giovanna Costanzo

  • Methyltrioxorhenium: a new catalyst for the activation of hydrogen peroxide to the oxidation of lignin and lignin model compounds

    Claudia Crestini;Paola Pro;Veronica Neri;Raffaele Saladino

  • Nucleoside phosphorylation by phosphate minerals.

    Giovanna Costanzo;Raffaele Saladino;Claudia Crestini;Fabiana Ciciriello

  • Nano-Structured Lignin as Green Antioxidant and UV Shielding Ingredient for Sunscreen Applications

    Davide Piccinino;Eliana Capecchi;Elisabetta Tomaino;Sofia Gabellone

  • Absolute rate constants for the reaction of peroxyl radicals with cardanol derivatives

    Riccardo Amorati;Gian Franco Pedulli;Luca Valgimigli;Orazio A. Attanasi

  • AstRoMap European Astrobiology Roadmap

    Gerda Horneck;Nicolas Walter;Frances Westall;John Lee Grenfell

  • Selective oxidation of phenol and anisole derivatives to quinones with hydrogen peroxide and polymer-supported methylrhenium trioxide systems

    Raffaele Saladino;Veronica Neri;Enrico Mincione;Paolino Filippone

  • Synthesis and degradation of nucleobases and nucleic acids by formamide in the presence of montmorillonites.

    Raffaele Saladino;Claudia Crestini;Umberto Ciambecchini;Fabiana Ciciriello

  • Formamide as the main building block in the origin of nucleic acids

    Giovanna Costanzo;Raffaele Saladino;Claudia Crestini;Fabiana Ciciriello

  • Synthesis and degradation of nucleic acid components by formamide and iron sulfur minerals.

    Raffaele Saladino;Veronica Neri;Claudia Crestini;Giovanna Costanzo

  • Meteorites as catalysts for prebiotic chemistry.

    Raffaele Saladino;Giorgia Botta;Michela Delfino;Ernesto Di Mauro

  • MarcoPolo-R near earth asteroid sample return mission

    Maria Antonietta Barucci;A. F. Cheng;P. Michel;L. A. M. Benner

  • Advances in the Prebiotic Synthesis of Nucleic Acids Bases: Implications for the Origin of Life

    Raffaele Saladino;Claudia Crestini;Giovanna Costanzo;Ernesto DiMauro

Frequent Co-Authors

Claudia Crestini
Claudia Crestini Ca Foscari University of Venice
Maurizio Botta
Maurizio Botta University of Siena
Anna Teresa Palamara
Anna Teresa Palamara Sapienza University of Rome
Jiří Šponer
Jiří Šponer Masaryk University
Maurizio Passacantando
Maurizio Passacantando University of L'Aquila
Stephen Hanessian
Stephen Hanessian University of Montreal
Andrea Goti
Andrea Goti University of Florence
Juan Manuel García-Ruiz
Juan Manuel García-Ruiz Spanish National Research Council
Vincenzo Barone
Vincenzo Barone Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa
Viktor Brabec
Viktor Brabec Czech Academy of Sciences

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