Antonio Vassallo

2.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
77 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Antonio Vassallo is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Biochemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Antonio Vassallo has authored 77 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 48 papers in Molecular Biology, 22 papers in Plant Science and 16 papers in Biochemistry. Recurrent topics in Antonio Vassallo's work include Natural product bioactivities and synthesis (21 papers), Phytochemistry and Biological Activities (17 papers) and Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities (16 papers). Antonio Vassallo is often cited by papers focused on Natural product bioactivities and synthesis (21 papers), Phytochemistry and Biological Activities (17 papers) and Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities (16 papers). Antonio Vassallo collaborates with scholars based in Italy, Spain and Saudi Arabia. Antonio Vassallo's co-authors include Nunziatina De Tommasi, Fabrizio Dal Piaz, Carla Caddeo, Alessandra Braca, Giuseppe Bifulco, Ramón Pons, Antonio Franco, Donatella Lucchetti, Heiko Vogel and Antonio Moretta and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Chemical Communications and Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Antonio Vassallo

74 papers receiving 1.8k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Antimicrobial Peptides: A New Hope in Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Fields

2021 350 citations Antonio Moretta, Carmen Scieuzo et al. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Antonio Vassallo Italy	22	964	331	269	257	188	77	1.9k
Patricia Mendonca Brazil	25	521 0.5×	249 0.8×	214 0.8×	111 0.4×	103 0.5×	117	1.9k
Wanchai De‐Eknamkul Thailand	30	1.5k 1.6×	595 1.8×	210 0.8×	85 0.3×	254 1.4×	107	2.6k
Zhipeng Yu China	32	2.1k 2.2×	295 0.9×	516 1.9×	109 0.4×	156 0.8×	110	3.1k
Jianyin Miao China	28	1.2k 1.3×	290 0.9×	641 2.4×	197 0.8×	94 0.5×	82	1.9k
Hong Gao China	23	728 0.8×	322 1.0×	358 1.3×	55 0.2×	340 1.8×	56	1.9k
Jin Cheol Yoo South Korea	27	1.3k 1.3×	399 1.2×	209 0.8×	130 0.5×	58 0.3×	136	2.2k
Yanan Jia China	20	477 0.5×	515 1.6×	334 1.2×	168 0.7×	153 0.8×	61	1.3k
Bhadrapura Lakkappa Dhananjaya India	22	647 0.7×	227 0.7×	129 0.5×	64 0.2×	125 0.7×	55	1.8k
Mohd Sajid Khan India	25	532 0.6×	320 1.0×	248 0.9×	66 0.3×	68 0.4×	88	1.8k
Vahid Soheili Iran	18	633 0.7×	462 1.4×	568 2.1×	106 0.4×	125 0.7×	44	1.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Antonio Vassallo

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Caddeo, Carla, Lucia Chiummiento, Maria Funicello, et al.. (2025). A novel aminohydroxy sulfonamide formulated in PEGylated liposomes with potential antitumor activity. Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology. 106. 106739–106739. 1 indexed citations

Faraone, Immacolata, Mahdi Moridi Farimani, Carla Caddeo, et al.. (2025). Salvia macilenta Boiss extract: phytochemical analysis, nanoformulation in Eudragit-coated liposomes and evaluation of antioxidant/inflammatory response in vitro. Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology. 112. 107276–107276.

Catalano, Alessia, Giuseppe Andrea Ferraro, Federica Giuzio, et al.. (2024). CGRP Antagonism and Ketogenic Diet in the Treatment of Migraine. Medicina. 60(1). 163–163. 2 indexed citations

Parisi, Valentina, Valentina Santoro, Immacolata Faraone, et al.. (2024). Sonchus asper (L.) Hill extracts: phytochemical characterization and exploitation of its biological activities by loading into nanoformulation. Frontiers in Plant Science. 15. 1416539–1416539. 1 indexed citations

Caddeo, Carla, Daniela Lamorte, Lucia Chiummiento, et al.. (2023). PEGylated Liposomes Loaded with Carbamate Inhibitor ANP0903 Trigger Apoptosis by Enhancing ER Stress in HepG2 Cancer Cells. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(5). 4552–4552. 4 indexed citations

Tuberoso, Carlo Ignazio Giovanni, Ramón Pons, M. Teresa García, et al.. (2023). Phenolic Fingerprint, Bioactivity and Nanoformulation of Prunus spinosa L. Fruit Extract for Skin Delivery. Pharmaceutics. 15(4). 1063–1063. 14 indexed citations

Picerno, Patrizia, Teresa Mencherini, Antonio Vassallo, et al.. (2023). Phytochemical analysis, antioxidant and hypoglycemic activities of a methanol extract fromStachys brachycladade Noé ex Coss. leaves. Natural Product Research. 37(24). 4261–4266. 1 indexed citations

Tuberoso, Carlo Ignazio Giovanni, Ramón Pons, M. Teresa García, et al.. (2023). Ceratonia siliqua L. Pod Extract: From Phytochemical Characterization to Liposomal Formulation and Evaluation of Behaviour in Cells. Antioxidants. 12(6). 1209–1209. 9 indexed citations

Parisi, Valentina, Giuliana Donadio, Ammar Bader, et al.. (2023). Exploring the Anticancer Potential of Premna resinosa (Hochst.) Leaf Surface Extract: Discovering New Diterpenes as Heat Shock Protein 70 (Hsp70) Binding Agents. Plants. 12(13). 2421–2421. 1 indexed citations

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Ponticelli, Maria, Carla Caddeo, Antonio Vassallo, et al.. (2022). Nanotechnological exploitation of the antioxidant potential of Humulus lupulus L. extract. Food Chemistry. 393. 133401–133401. 16 indexed citations

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Santarsiero, Anna, Paolo Convertini, Antonio Vassallo, et al.. (2021). Phenolic Compounds of Red Wine Aglianico del Vulture Modulate the Functional Activity of Macrophages via Inhibition of NF-κB and the Citrate Pathway. Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity. 2021(1). 5533793–5533793. 14 indexed citations

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Moretta, Antonio, Carmen Scieuzo, Anna Maria Petrone, et al.. (2021). Antimicrobial Peptides: A New Hope in Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Fields. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology. 11. 668632–668632. 350 indexed citations breakdown →

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Terracciano, Stefania, Maria Giovanna Chini, Maria Carmela Vaccaro, et al.. (2018). Discovery of new molecular entities able to strongly interfere with Hsp90 C-terminal domain. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 1709–1709. 28 indexed citations

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Piaz, Fabrizio Dal, Antonio Vassallo, Giovanni Forte, et al.. (2015). Identification and mechanism of action analysis of the new PARP-1 inhibitor 2″-hydroxygenkwanol A. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - General Subjects. 1850(9). 1806–1814. 17 indexed citations

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Vassallo, Antonio, Maria Carmela Vaccaro, Nunziatina De Tommasi, Fabrizio Dal Piaz, & Antonella Leone. (2013). Identification of the Plant Compound Geraniin as a Novel Hsp90 Inhibitor. PLoS ONE. 8(9). e74266–e74266. 33 indexed citations

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Malafronte, Nicola, Rokia Sanogo, Antonio Vassallo, et al.. (2013). Androstanes and pregnanes from Trichilia emetica ssp. suberosa J.J. de Wilde. Phytochemistry. 96. 437–442. 14 indexed citations

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Piaz, Fabrizio Dal, Roberta Cotugno, Laura Lepore, et al.. (2013). Chemical proteomics reveals HSP70 1A as a target for the anticancer diterpene oridonin in Jurkat cells. Journal of Proteomics. 82. 14–26. 53 indexed citations

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Terracciano, Stefania, Maria Giovanna Chini, Fabrizio Dal Piaz, et al.. (2013). Dimeric and trimeric triazole based molecules as a new class of Hsp90 molecular chaperone inhibitors. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 65. 464–476. 15 indexed citations

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Vassallo, Antonio, et al.. (2012). Antiproliferative oleanane saponins from Dizygotheca elegantissima. CINECA IRIS Institutional Research Information System (University of Basilicata). 3 indexed citations

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Piaz, Fabrizio Dal, Antonio Vassallo, Osmany Cuesta‐Rubio, et al.. (2010). Chemical biology of Histone acetyltransferase natural compounds modulators. Molecular Diversity. 15(2). 401–416. 23 indexed citations

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