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Mauro Ballero
Researcher at University of Cagliari
Publications - 93
Citations - 2601
Mauro Ballero is an academic researcher from University of Cagliari. The author has contributed to research in topics: Essential oil & Chemotype. The author has an hindex of 29, co-authored 93 publications receiving 2320 citations. Previous affiliations of Mauro Ballero include University of Molise & University of Siena.
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Antioxidant activity of capsinoids.
Antonella Rosa,Monica Deiana,Viviana Casu,Stefania Paccagnini,Giovanni Appendino,Mauro Ballero,M. Assunta Dessì +6 more
TL;DR: It is shown that capsinoids also show remarkable antioxidant activity, and benign analogues of capsaicin could protect linoleic acid against free radical attack in simple in vitro systems, inhibiting both its autoxidation and its iron- or EDTA-mediated oxidation.
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Quantitative ethnopharmacological study of the Campidano Valley and Urzulei district, Sardinia, Italy.
TL;DR: A new method has been developed for quantitative, phytotherapeutic analysis with a goal to create a general tool suitable for a wide range of research situations that would allow one to gather data in such a format as to facilitate comparison with studies from other areas.
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Oligomeric acylphloroglucinols from myrtle (Myrtus communis)
Giovanni Appendino,Federica Bianchi,Alberto Minassi,Olov Sterner,Mauro Ballero,Simon Gibbons +5 more
TL;DR: The dimeric nonprenylated acylphloroglucinol semimyrtucommulone was obtained from the leaves of myrtle as a 2:1 mixture of two rotamers and showed significant antibacterial activity against multidrug-resistant clinically relevant bacteria.
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Ethnobotanical research in the territory of Fluminimaggiore (south-western Sardinia).
TL;DR: The results of an ethnobotanical survey in the territory of Fluminimaggiore (south-western Sardinia) are presented and sixty-five species with medicinal properties used for different pathologies, such as diseases of the skin and of the gastro-intestinal system have been recorded.
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Ethnopharmacology of ogliastra (villagrande strisaili, sardinia, Italy).
TL;DR: The use of medicinal and aromatic plants was investigated in a group of 200 elderly people from Villagrande Strisaili, Sardinia, recording the use of 78 species for the treatment of various ailments, especially of the respiratory tract, the mouth, and the skin.