PUBBLICAZIONI
SCIENTIFICHE

2025

De Leo M, Ciccone L, Menicagli V, Balestri E, Braca A, Nieri P, Testai L. Cymodocea nodosa, a Promising Seagrass of Nutraceutical Interest: Overview of Phytochemical Constituents and Potential Therapeutic Uses.
Nutrients. 2025 Apr 1;17(7):1236. doi: 10.3390/nu17071236. PMID: 40218994; PMCID: PMC11990611.

Baraldi L, Usai L, Torre S, Fais G, Casula M, Dessi D, Nieri P, Concas A, Lutzu GA. Dairy Wastewaters to Promote Mixotrophic Metabolism in Limnospira (Spirulina) platensis: Effect on Biomass Composition, Phycocyanin Content, and Fatty Acid Methyl Ester Profile.
Life (Basel). 2025 Jan 26;15(2):184. doi: 10.3390/life15020184. PMID: 40003594; PMCID: PMC11856459.

Banti M, Garcia-Gil M, Guidotti L, Di Giuseppe G, Rapposelli S, Monti D, Tampucci S, De Leo M, Gado F, Nieri P, Manera C. Characterization and Otoprotective Effects of Polysaccharides from Arthrospira platensis.
Molecules. 2025 Jan 8;30(2):224. doi: 10.3390/molecules30020224. PMID: 39860094; PMCID: PMC11767895.

2024

Usai L, Torre S, Aktay N, Dunford NT, Citi V, Flori L, Nieri P, Lutzu GA. Recent Advancements in Production and Extraction Methods of Phycobiliprotein C-phycocyanin by Arthrospira (Spirulina) platensis: A Mini Review. Curr
Microbiol. 2024 Oct 26;81(12):428. doi: 10.1007/s00284-024-03964-7. PMID: 39460769.

Russo NP, Ballotta M, Usai L, Torre S, Giordano M, Fais G, Casula M, Dessì D, Nieri P, Damergi E, Lutzu GA, Concas A. Mixotrophic Cultivation of Arthrospira platensis (Spirulina) under Salt Stress: Effect on Biomass Composition, FAME Profile and Phycocyanin Content.
Mar Drugs. 2024 Aug 24;22(9):381. doi: 10.3390/md22090381. PMID: 39330262; PMCID: PMC11433411.

Citi V, Torre S, Flori L, Usai L, Aktay N, Dunford NT, Lutzu GA, Nieri P. Nutraceutical Features of the Phycobiliprotein C-Phycocyanin: Evidence from Arthrospira platensis (Spirulina).
Nutrients. 2024 Jun 3;16(11):1752. doi: 10.3390/nu16111752. PMID: 38892686; PMCID: PMC11174898.

2023

Zupo V, Costantini M, Aflalo ED, Levy T, Chalifa-Caspi V, Obayomi O, Mutalipassi M, Ruocco N, Glaviano F, Somma E, Nieri P, Sagi A. Ferroptosis precedes apoptosis to facilitate specific death signalling by fatty acids.
Proc Biol Sci. 2023 Oct 25;290(2009):20231327. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2023.1327. Epub 2023 Oct 25. PMID: 37876198; PMCID: PMC10598420.

Ciccone L, Nencetti S, Rossello A, Barlettani L, Tonali N, Nieri P, Orlandini E. Omega-3 PUFAs as a Dietary Supplement in Senile Systemic Amyloidosis.
Nutrients. 2023 Feb 1;15(3):749. doi: 10.3390/nu15030749. PMID: 36771455; PMCID: PMC9921273.

Nieri P, Carpi S, Esposito R, Costantini M, Zupo V. Bioactive Molecules from Marine Diatoms and Their Value for the Nutraceutical Industry.
Nutrients. 2023 Jan 16;15(2):464. doi: 10.3390/nu15020464. PMID: 36678334; PMCID: PMC9861441.

2022

Bertoli A, LoBue A, Quattrini L, Sartini S, Polini B, Carpi S, Frontini FP, Di Giuseppe G, Guella G, Nieri P, La Motta C. Complexing the Marine Sesquiterpene Euplotin C by Means of Cyclodextrin-Based Nanosponges: A Preliminary Investigation.
Mar Drugs. 2022 Oct 29;20(11):682. doi: 10.3390/md20110682. PMID: 36355005; PMCID: PMC9692710.

Carpi S, Scoditti E, Polini B, Brogi S, Calderone V, Proksch P, Ebada SS, Nieri P. Pro-Apoptotic Activity of the Marine Sponge Dactylospongia elegans Metabolites Pelorol and 5-epi-Ilimaquinone on Human 501Mel Melanoma Cells.
Mar Drugs. 2022 Jun 28;20(7):427. doi: 10.3390/md20070427. PMID: 35877720; PMCID: PMC9317990.

2021

Di Cesare Mannelli L, Palma Esposito F, Sangiovanni E, Pagano E, Mannucci C, Polini B, Ghelardini C, Dell’Agli M, Izzo AA, Calapai G, de Pascale D, Nieri P. Pharmacological Activities of Extracts and Compounds Isolated from Mediterranean Sponge Sources.
Pharmaceuticals (Basel). 2021 Dec 18;14(12):1329. doi: 10.3390/ph14121329. PMID: 34959729; PMCID: PMC8715745.

Cappello E, Nieri P. From Life in the Sea to the Clinic: The Marine Drugs Approved and under Clinical Trial.
Life (Basel). 2021 Dec 11;11(12):1390. doi: 10.3390/life11121390. PMID: 34947921; PMCID: PMC8704254.

2018

Carpi S, Polini B, Poli G, Alcantara Barata G, Fogli S, Romanini A, Tuccinardi T, Guella G, Frontini FP, Nieri P, Di Giuseppe G. Anticancer Activity of Euplotin C, Isolated from the Marine Ciliate Euplotes crassus, Against Human Melanoma Cells. Mar Drugs. 2018 May 16;16(5):166. doi: 10.3390/md16050166. PMID: 29772645; PMCID: PMC5983297.