Editorial Board
Marcello Iriti
University of Milan, Milan, Lombardy · Italy
Editorial leadership for International Journal of Nutrition ISSN 2379-7835
Research interests
- Bioactive Phytochemicals: Phenylpropanoids (Polyphenols
- I.e. Flavonoids
- Stilbenes
- Proanthocyanidins); Isoprenoids (Monoterpenes
- Sesquiterpenes "Essential Oils; Lycopene" Carotenoids); Alkaloids. Antioxidant
- Anticancer
- Cardioprotective Activities Of Plant Products. Mediterranean Diet
- Healthy Properties Of Red Wine. Nutrition
- Oral Health. Dietary Melatonin
- Related Indoleamines. Phytosterols. Ethnonutrition
- Ethnopharmacology
- Ethnobotany
Biography
- Professor of Plant Biology and Pathology at the Department of Agricultural end Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences, Milan State University.
- Member of the Board of the PhD School in Sciences for Food Systems, Milan State University.
- Member of the Italian Society of Human Nutrition (SINU).
- He has been studying bioactive phytochemicals relevant for human nutrition and health, including melatonin, polyphenols and carotenoids, focusing on their functional role in planta, as well as on in vitro/in vivo and in human biological activities.
- Furthermore, he has been investigating the effects of elicitors on plant secondary metabolism, as an approach to obtain phytochemical-enriched plant foods.
Selected publications
- Biological Activities of Essential Oils: From Plant Chemoecology to Traditional Healing Systems 2017 cited 705×
- Antidiabetic Potential of Medicinal Plants and Their Active Components 2019 cited 563×
- Carvacrol and human health: A comprehensive review 2018 cited 508×
- Chemical Diversity and Defence Metabolism: How Plants Cope with Pathogens and Ozone Pollution 2009 cited 240×
- Synergistic Effects of Plant Derivatives and Conventional Chemotherapeutic Agents: An Update on the Cancer Perspective 2019 cited 212×
- Plants of the Genus Zingiber as a Source of Bioactive Phytochemicals: From Tradition to Pharmacy 2017 cited 188×
Ranked by citation impact (Crossref) where available, newest otherwise · verified via ORCID.
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