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  1. Antimicrobial activity of spices essential oils and its effectiveness on mature biofilms of human pathogens

    Article • Natural Product Research, October 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Luca Forti

  2. Nonconventional Yeast-Promoted Biotransformation for the Production of Flavor Compounds

    Article • January 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Luca Forti

  3. Combined effects of LED lights and chicken manure on Neochloris oleoabundans growth

    Article • Bioresource Technology, November 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Luca Forti

  4. Study of Holtermanniella wattica, Leucosporidium creatinivorum, Naganishia adeliensis, Solicoccozyma aeria, and Solicoccozyma terricola for their lipogenic aptitude from different carbon sources

    Article • Biotechnology for Biofuels, November 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Luca Forti

  5. The investigation of resveratrol and analogs as potential inducers of fetal hemoglobin

    Article • Blood Cells Molecules and Diseases, May 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Luca Forti

  6. Non-Conventional Yeasts Whole Cells as Efficient Biocatalysts for the Production of Flavors and Fragrances

    Article • Molecules, June 2015, MDPI AG

    Dr Luca Forti

  7. Chemo-enzymatic synthesis of new resveratrol-related dimers containing the benzo[b]furan framework and evaluation of their radical scavenger activities

    Article • Tetrahedron, May 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Luca Forti

  8. Assessment of antioxidant and antiproliferative properties of spinach plants grown under low oxygen availability

    Article • Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, June 2014, Wiley

    Dr Luca Forti, Annamaria Buschini

  9. Production of Flavours and Fragrances via Bioreduction of (4R)-(-)-Carvone and (1R)-(-)-Myrtenal by Non-Conventional Yeast Whole-Cells

    Article • Molecules, May 2013, MDPI AG

    Dr Luca Forti

  10. Response surface methodology as optimization strategy for asymmetric bioreduction of (4S)-(+)-carvone by Cryptococcus gastricus

    Article • Bioresource Technology, October 2012, Elsevier

    Dr Luca Forti

  11. A defective ABC transporter of the MRP family, responsible for the bean lpa1 mutation, affects the regulation of the phytic acid pathway, reduces seed myo-inositol and alters ABA sensitivity

    Article • New Phytologist, March 2011, Wiley

    Dr Luca Forti

  12. Bioreduction of α,β-unsaturated ketones and aldehydes by non-conventional yeast (NCY) whole-cells

    Article • Bioresource Technology, March 2011, Elsevier

    Dr Luca Forti

  13. ChemInform Abstract: Rearrangement of N-Allyl-α,α-dichloroamides, β- or γ-Functionalized, to Substituted Analogues of the γ-Aminobutyric Acid (GABA).

    Article • ChemInform, June 2010, Wiley

    Dr Luca Forti

  14. Biotransformation of electron-poor alkenes by yeasts: Asymmetric reduction of (4S)-(+)-carvone by yeast enoate reductases

    Article • Enzyme and Microbial Technology, December 2009, Elsevier

    Dr Luca Forti

  15. Structure-activity relationships of resveratrol and derivatives in breast cancer cells

    Article • Molecular Nutrition & Food Research, July 2009, Wiley

    Dr Luca Forti

  16. Resveratrol, a natural antioxidant phytoalexin, and 4 synthetic derivatives can promote expression of gamma-globin gene in vitro

    Article • Blood Cells Molecules and Diseases, March 2008, Elsevier

    Dr Luca Forti

  17. Biotransformation of Acyclic Monoterpenoids byDebaryomyces sp.,Kluyveromyces sp., andPichia sp. Strains of Environmental Origin

    Article • Chemistry & Biodiversity, March 2008, Wiley

    Dr Luca Forti

  18. Laccase-Catalyzed Dimerization of Hydroxystilbenes

    Article • Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis, June 2007, Wiley

    Dr Luca Forti

  19. Application of the response surface methodology (RSM) for optimizing the production of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) by Trichosporon moniliiforme

    Article • Enzyme and Microbial Technology, October 2006, Elsevier

    Dr Luca Forti

  20. Anthocyanidins decrease endothelin-1 production and increase endothelial nitric oxide synthase in human endothelial cells

    Article • Molecular Nutrition & Food Research, January 2006, Wiley

    Dr Luca Forti

  21. Production of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) by yeasts isolated from the ascocarps of black (Tuber melanosporum Vitt.) and white (Tuber magnatum Pico) truffles

    Article • Archives of Microbiology, September 2005, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Luca Forti

  22. Inhibition of mammalian DNA polymerases by resveratrol: mechanism and structural determinants

    Article • Biochemical Journal, July 2005, Portland Press Ltd.

    Dr Luca Forti

  23. Biocatalytic reduction of (+)- and (–)-carvone by bacteria

    Article • Comptes Rendus Chimie, May 2005, Elsevier

    Dr Luca Forti

  24. Resveratrol is a Peroxidase-mediated Inactivator of COX-1 but Not COX-2

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, March 2004, American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

    Dr Luca Forti

  25. Biotransformation of resveratrol: synthesis of trans-dehydrodimers catalyzed by laccases from Myceliophtora thermophyla and from Trametes pubescens

    Article • Tetrahedron, January 2004, Elsevier

    Dr Luca Forti

  26. Kinetic resolutions of racemic amines and alcohols catalyzed by an industrial glutaryl-7-aminocephalosporanic acid acylase with unexpected broad substrate specificity

    Article • Tetrahedron Asymmetry, May 2003, Elsevier

    Dr Luca Forti

  27. Specific Structural Determinants Are Responsible for the Antioxidant Activity and the Cell Cycle Effects of Resveratrol

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, April 2001, American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

    Dr Luca Forti

  28. Acetals by AlFe-pillared montmorillonite catalysis

    Article • Tetrahedron, November 1997, Elsevier

    Dr Luca Forti

  29. Co-ordination behaviour of N-protected amino acids. Structural and spectroscopic study of complexes of Co II , Ni II and Cu II with N-(4-aminobenzoyl)glycine

    Article • Journal of the Chemical Society Dalton Transactions, January 1991, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Luca Forti