Francesco Ortuso

5.7k total citations
144 papers, 4.8k citations indexed

About

Francesco Ortuso is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Organic Chemistry and Pharmacology. According to data from OpenAlex, Francesco Ortuso has authored 144 papers receiving a total of 4.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 87 papers in Molecular Biology, 53 papers in Organic Chemistry and 36 papers in Pharmacology. Recurrent topics in Francesco Ortuso's work include DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (22 papers), Cholinesterase and Neurodegenerative Diseases (20 papers) and Computational Drug Discovery Methods (19 papers). Francesco Ortuso is often cited by papers focused on DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (22 papers), Cholinesterase and Neurodegenerative Diseases (20 papers) and Computational Drug Discovery Methods (19 papers). Francesco Ortuso collaborates with scholars based in Italy, Spain and Portugal. Francesco Ortuso's co-authors include Stefano Alcaro, Adriana Bolasco, Daniela Secci, Matilde Yáñez, Paola Chimenti, Franco Chimenti, Anna Artese, Francisco Orallo, Giosuè Costa and Rossella Fioravanti and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, The Journal of Cell Biology and Bioinformatics.

In The Last Decade

Francesco Ortuso

140 papers receiving 4.8k citations

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Orazio Nicolotti Italy

Lourdes Santana Spain

María João Matos Spain

Marco Catto Italy

Adriana Bolasco Italy

Stefano Alcaro Italy

Matilde Yáñez Spain

Leonardo Pisani Italy

Angelo Carotti Italy

Haopeng Sun China

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Guglielmi, Paolo, Guya Diletta Marconi, Francesco Ortuso, et al.. (2025). Design, synthesis, and biological activity of 2-aroylbenzofuran-3-ols and 2-aroylbenzofuran derivatives: A new route towards hMAO-B inhibition. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 297. 117983–117983. 1 indexed citations

Rocca, Roberta, et al.. (2025). Leveraging Natural Compounds for Pancreatic Lipase Inhibition via Virtual Screening. Pharmaceuticals. 18(9). 1246–1246. 1 indexed citations

Rocca, Roberta, Giosuè Costa, Nunzio Cardullo, et al.. (2025). Discover the Power of Lithospermic Acid as Human Carbonic Anhydrase VA and Pancreatic Lipase Inhibitor Through In Silico and In Vitro Studies. Archiv der Pharmazie. 358(4). e3128–e3128. 2 indexed citations

Ceramella, Jessica, Assunta D’Amato, Annaluisa Mariconda, et al.. (2025). Novel Au(I)- and Ag(I)-NHC Complexes with N-Boc-Protected Proline as Potential Candidates for Neurodegenerative Disorders. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 26(13). 6116–6116. 1 indexed citations

Gitto, Rosaria, Stefano Alcaro, Maria Dichiara, et al.. (2024). Exploring Structural Requirements for Sigma-1 Receptor Linear Ligands: Experimental and Computational Approaches. Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling. 64(14). 5701–5711. 3 indexed citations

Murdocca, Michela, Isabella Romeo, Gennaro Citro, et al.. (2024). A Dynamic and Effective Peptide-Based Strategy for Promptly Addressing Emerging SARS-CoV-2 Variants of Concern. Pharmaceuticals. 17(7). 891–891. 2 indexed citations

Rocca, Roberta, Francesca Scionti, Matteo Nadai, et al.. (2022). Chromene Derivatives as Selective TERRA G-Quadruplex RNA Binders with Antiproliferative Properties. Pharmaceuticals. 15(5). 548–548. 11 indexed citations

Meleddu, Rita, Elias Maccioni, Francesco Ortuso, et al.. (2021). Selective inhibition of carbonic anhydrase IX and XII by coumarin and psoralen derivatives. Journal of Enzyme Inhibition and Medicinal Chemistry. 36(1). 685–692. 20 indexed citations

Maruca, Annalisa, Roberta Rocca, Raffaella Catalano, et al.. (2020). Natural Products Extracted from Fungal Species as New Potential Anti-Cancer Drugs: A Structure-Based Drug Repurposing Approach Targeting HDAC7. Molecules. 25(23). 5524–5524. 7 indexed citations

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Rocca, Roberta, Ferruccio Palazzesi, Jussara Amato, et al.. (2020). Folding intermediate states of the parallel human telomeric G-quadruplex DNA explored using Well-Tempered Metadynamics. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 3176–3176. 23 indexed citations

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Maruca, Annalisa, Roberta Rocca, Antonio Lupia, et al.. (2020). Multi-Targeting Bioactive Compounds Extracted from Essential Oils as Kinase Inhibitors. Molecules. 25(9). 2174–2174. 12 indexed citations

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Costa, Giosuè, Fabrizio Carta, Francesca Alessandra Ambrosio, et al.. (2019). A computer-assisted discovery of novel potential anti-obesity compounds as selective carbonic anhydrase VA inhibitors. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 181. 111565–111565. 28 indexed citations

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Oliveira, Catarina, Donatella Bagetta, Fernando Cagide, et al.. (2019). Benzoic acid-derived nitrones: A new class of potential acetylcholinesterase inhibitors and neuroprotective agents. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 174. 116–129. 36 indexed citations

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Lupia, Antonio, Selena Mimmi, Enrico Iaccino, et al.. (2019). Molecular modelling of epitopes recognized by neoplastic B lymphocytes in Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 185. 111838–111838. 18 indexed citations

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Bagetta, Donatella, Annalisa Maruca, Antonio Lupia, et al.. (2019). Mediterranean products as promising source of multi-target agents in the treatment of metabolic syndrome. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 186. 111903–111903. 72 indexed citations

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Maruca, Annalisa, Raffaella Catalano, Donatella Bagetta, et al.. (2019). The Mediterranean Diet as source of bioactive compounds with multi-targeting anti-cancer profile. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 181. 111579–111579. 56 indexed citations

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Moraca, Federica, Lucia D’Antona, Vincenzo Dattilo, et al.. (2019). Review about the multi-target profile of resveratrol and its implication in the SGK1 inhibition. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 183. 111675–111675. 24 indexed citations

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Distinto, Simona, Rita Meleddu, Francesco Ortuso, et al.. (2019). Exploring new structural features of the 4-[(3-methyl-4-aryl-2,3-dihydro-1,3-thiazol-2-ylidene)amino]benzenesulphonamide scaffold for the inhibition of human carbonic anhydrases. Journal of Enzyme Inhibition and Medicinal Chemistry. 34(1). 1526–1533. 12 indexed citations

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Reis, Joana, Fernando Cagide, Martín Estrada, et al.. (2018). Multi-target-directed ligands for Alzheimer's disease: Discovery of chromone-based monoamine oxidase/cholinesterase inhibitors. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 158. 781–800. 63 indexed citations

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Maruca, Annalisa, Federica Moraca, Roberta Rocca, et al.. (2017). Chemoinformatic Database Building and in Silico Hit-Identification of Potential Multi-Targeting Bioactive Compounds Extracted from Mushroom Species. Molecules. 22(9). 1571–1571. 23 indexed citations

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