Franco Maria Maggi

The PlantLIBRA consumer survey: Findings on the use of plant food supplements in Italy

Patrizia Restani, Chiara Di Lorenzo, Alicia García-Álvarez, Gianfranco Frigerio et autres

BACKGROUND: Food supplements, and in particular those containing botanicals (plant food supplements, PFS), have in recent decades been of great interest both to consumers and to food/pharmaceutical industries. OBJECTIVES: The aim of this paper is to examine replies by Italian consumers to …

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Can Nigella sativa oil control inflammation in human pre-adipocytes?

Laura Bordoni, Donatella Fedeli, Franco Maria Maggi, Fabrizio Papa et autres

Objectives: The fixed oil obtained from the seeds of Nigella \nsativa L. (NS), also known as black cumin, is frequently used in the \nMediterranean area for its therapeutic properties. Pertaining literature \nsuggests that its anti-inflammatory, anti-oxidant and anticancer \nactivities is due to …

Usage of Plant Food Supplements (PFS) for weight control in six European countries: results from the PlantLIBRA PFS Consumer Survey 2011-2012

Alicia García-Álvarez, Raimón Milà, Lourdes Ribas‐Barba, Bernadette Egan et autres

BACKGROUND: Obesity is increasing worldwide and weight-control strategies, including the consumption of plant food supplements (PFS), are proliferating. This article identifies the herbal ingredients in PFS consumed for weight control and by overweight/obese dieters in six European countries, and explores the relationship …

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Adverse Effects of Plant Food Supplements Self-Reported by Consumers in the PlantLIBRA Survey Involving Six European Countries

Patrizia Restani, Chiara Di Lorenzo, Alicia García-Álvarez, Mihaela Badea et autres

BACKGROUND: The use of food supplements containing botanicals is increasing in European markets. Although intended to maintain the health status, several cases of adverse effects to Plant Food Supplements (PFS) have been described. OBJECTIVES: To describe the self-reported adverse effects collected during …

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Evaluation of anise essential oil effects on LPS-induced inflammation in human normal tracheal and bronchial cells (HBEpC/HTEpC)

Rossella Iannarelli, Maria Beatrice Morelli, Giorgio Santoni, Franco Maria Maggi et autres

Pimpinella anisum L., well known as aniseed, is an annual herb belonging to the Apiaceae family and native to the Mediterranean area. The plant is used for its fruits that are small schizocarps yielding 1-4% of a yellow essential oil containing 75-90% …

Usage of Plant Food Supplements across Six European Countries: Findings from the PlantLIBRA Consumer Survey

Alicia García-Álvarez, Bernadette Egan, Simone de Klein, Lorena Dima et autres

BACKGROUND: The popularity of botanical products is on the rise in Europe, with consumers using them to complement their diets or to maintain health, and products are taken in many different forms (e.g. teas, juices, herbal medicinal products, plant food supplements (PFS)). …

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Correlations of n-3 (omega-3) fatty acid levels with lipoproteins: negative correlation with HDL-C after an oral load

Franco Maria Maggi, Cesare Riccardo Sirtori, Damiano Baldassarre, Patrizia Risé et autres

Exogenous long-chain n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (LC-FA) are mainly incorporated into phospholipids in membranes and to some extent into cholesteryl esters. Limited data have been reported on the relative distribution of n-3 FA in lipoproteins. In the present study, fingertip blood and …

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AA Leto Baron, Marco Carmisciano, Gabriele Giunta, Francesca Toia et autres

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Bioequivalence of two omega‐3 fatty acid ethyl ester formulations: a case of clinical pharmacology of dietary supplements

Cláudio Galli, Franco Maria Maggi, Patrizia Risé, Cesare Riccardo Sirtori

WHAT IS ALREADY KNOWN ABOUT THIS SUBJECT: • Omega-3 fatty acids are dietary components, present in the body with variable blood concentrations. • Bioavailability evaluations of ethyl ester preparations are hampered by the difficulty in achieving similar concentrations of eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) …

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Inclusion of rituximab in standard chemotherapy regimens for non-Hodgkin's lymphomas and risk of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy.

Daniele Focosi, Marco Tuccori, Corrado Blandizzi, Franco Maria Maggi et autres

e18541 Background: Rituximab is an anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody which has improved treatment rates of non-Hodgkin lymphomas (NHL). Case series of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) in patients receiving rituximab within polychemotherapy regimens have lead to the introduction of a black box warning, but …

Peritransplant administration of the oral dipeptidyl dipeptidase IV inhibitor sitagliptin modifies serum SDF-1 levels in multiple myeloma patients undergoing autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation

Daniele Focosi, Letizia Mattii, Metelli, Franco Maria Maggi et autres

Post-prandial endothelial dysfunction in hypertriglyceridemic subjects: Molecular mechanisms and gene expression studies

Giuseppe Danilo Norata, Liliana Grigore, Sara Raselli, L. Redaelli et autres

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