Leonardo Pisani

3.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
74 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

Leonardo Pisani is a scholar working on Pharmacology, Computational Theory and Mathematics and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Leonardo Pisani has authored 74 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in Pharmacology, 33 papers in Computational Theory and Mathematics and 32 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Leonardo Pisani's work include Cholinesterase and Neurodegenerative Diseases (39 papers), Computational Drug Discovery Methods (33 papers) and Chemical synthesis and alkaloids (10 papers). Leonardo Pisani is often cited by papers focused on Cholinesterase and Neurodegenerative Diseases (39 papers), Computational Drug Discovery Methods (33 papers) and Chemical synthesis and alkaloids (10 papers). Leonardo Pisani collaborates with scholars based in Italy, Spain and Russia. Leonardo Pisani's co-authors include Angelo Carotti, Marco Catto, Francesco Leonetti, Angela Stefanachi, Orazio Nicolotti, Carla Caccia, Cosimo Altomare, Saverio Cellamare, Patricia Salvati and Claudia Binda and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, Molecules and Biochemical Pharmacology.

In The Last Decade

Leonardo Pisani

74 papers receiving 2.9k citations

Hit Papers

Structures of Human Monoamine Oxidase B Complexes with Se... 2007 2026 2013 2019 2007 2018 100 200 300 400 500
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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.

  1. Structures of Human Monoamine Oxidase B Complexes with Selective Noncovalent Inhibitors:  Safinamide and Coumarin Analogs
    2007 507 citations Claudia Binda, Leonardo Pisani et al. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry profile →
  2. Coumarin: A Natural, Privileged and Versatile Scaffold for Bioactive Compounds
    2018 491 citations Angela Stefanachi, Francesco Leonetti et al. Molecules profile →

Peers

Leonardo Pisani
Matilde Yáñez Spain
Dolores Viña Spain
Cosimo Altomare Italy
Marco Catto Italy
Gülberk Uçar Türkiye
Paola Chimenti Italy
Anél Petzer South Africa
Francisco Orallo Spain
Adriana Bolasco Italy
Abdelouahid Samadi Spain
Matilde Yáñez Spain
Leonardo Pisani
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All Works

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Purgatorio, Rosa, Angelina Boccarelli, Leonardo Pisani, et al.. (2024). A Critical Appraisal of the Protective Activity of Polyphenolic Antioxidants against Iatrogenic Effects of Anticancer Chemotherapeutics. Antioxidants. 13(1). 133–133. 12 indexed citations
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Gabr, Moustafa T., Leonardo Pisani, Daniela Valeria Miniero, et al.. (2024). Novel 6-hydroxybenzothiazol-2-carboxamides as potent and selective monoamine oxidase B inhibitors endowed with neuroprotective activity. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 269. 116266–116266. 10 indexed citations
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Catto, Marco, Daniela Valeria Miniero, Tiziana Latronico, et al.. (2022). Probing Fluorinated Motifs onto Dual AChE-MAO B Inhibitors: Rational Design, Synthesis, Biological Evaluation, and Early-ADME Studies. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 65(5). 3962–3977. 28 indexed citations
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Ekström, Fredrik, Nina Forsgren, Marco Catto, et al.. (2022). Dual Reversible Coumarin Inhibitors Mutually Bound to Monoamine Oxidase B and Acetylcholinesterase Crystal Structures. ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 13(3). 499–506. 21 indexed citations
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Titov, Alexander А., Marco Catto, Modesto de Candia, et al.. (2021). Away from Flatness: Unprecedented Nitrogen-Bridged Cyclopenta[a]indene Derivatives as Novel Anti-Alzheimer Multitarget Agents. ACS Chemical Neuroscience. 12(2). 340–353. 11 indexed citations
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Purgatorio, Rosa, Nicola Gambacorta, Modesto de Candia, et al.. (2021). First-in-Class Isonipecotamide-Based Thrombin and Cholinesterase Dual Inhibitors with Potential for Alzheimer Disease. Molecules. 26(17). 5208–5208. 12 indexed citations
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Аникина, Л. В., Rosa Purgatorio, Marco Catto, et al.. (2021). Homobivalent Lamellarin-Like Schiff Bases: In Vitro Evaluation of Their Cancer Cell Cytotoxicity and Multitargeting Anti-Alzheimer’s Disease Potential. Molecules. 26(2). 359–359. 10 indexed citations
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Purgatorio, Rosa, Nicola Gambacorta, Marco Catto, et al.. (2020). Pharmacophore Modeling and 3D-QSAR Study of Indole and Isatin Derivatives as Antiamyloidogenic Agents Targeting Alzheimer’s Disease. Molecules. 25(23). 5773–5773. 20 indexed citations
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Purgatorio, Rosa, Л. Н. Куликова, Leonardo Pisani, et al.. (2020). Scouting around 1,2,3,4‐Tetrahydrochromeno[3,2‐c]pyridin‐10‐ones for Single‐ and Multitarget Ligands Directed towards Relevant Alzheimer's Targets. ChemMedChem. 15(20). 1947–1955. 12 indexed citations
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Catto, Marco, Leonardo Pisani, E. De la Mora, et al.. (2020). Chiral Separation, X-ray Structure, and Biological Evaluation of a Potent and Reversible Dual Binding Site AChE Inhibitor. ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 11(5). 869–876. 9 indexed citations
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Pisani, Leonardo, Modesto de Candia, Rosa Purgatorio, et al.. (2019). A Prospective Repurposing of Dantrolene as a Multitarget Agent for Alzheimer’s Disease. Molecules. 24(23). 4298–4298. 24 indexed citations
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Purgatorio, Rosa, Modesto de Candia, Marco Catto, et al.. (2019). Investigating 1,2,3,4,5,6-hexahydroazepino[4,3-b]indole as scaffold of butyrylcholinesterase-selective inhibitors with additional neuroprotective activities for Alzheimer's disease. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 177. 414–424. 53 indexed citations
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Purgatorio, Rosa, Modesto de Candia, Annalisa De Palma, et al.. (2018). Insights into Structure-Activity Relationships of 3-Arylhydrazonoindolin-2-One Derivatives for Their Multitarget Activity on β-Amyloid Aggregation and Neurotoxicity. Molecules. 23(7). 1544–1544. 30 indexed citations
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Stefanachi, Angela, Francesco Leonetti, Leonardo Pisani, Marco Catto, & Angelo Carotti. (2018). Coumarin: A Natural, Privileged and Versatile Scaffold for Bioactive Compounds. Molecules. 23(2). 250–250. 491 indexed citations breakdown →
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Pisani, Leonardo, Rosa Maria Iacobazzi, Marco Catto, et al.. (2018). Investigating alkyl nitrates as nitric oxide releasing precursors of multitarget acetylcholinesterase-monoamine oxidase B inhibitors. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 161. 292–309. 42 indexed citations
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Pisani, Leonardo, Marco Catto, Annalisa De Palma, et al.. (2017). Discovery of Potent Dual Binding Site Acetylcholinesterase Inhibitors via Homo‐ and Heterodimerization of Coumarin‐Based Moieties. ChemMedChem. 12(16). 1349–1358. 34 indexed citations
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Pisani, Leonardo, Annalisa De Palma, Nicola Giangregorio, et al.. (2017). Mannich base approach to 5-methoxyisatin 3-(4-isopropylphenyl)hydrazone: A water-soluble prodrug for a multitarget inhibition of cholinesterases, beta-amyloid fibrillization and oligomer-induced cytotoxicity. European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences. 109. 381–388. 32 indexed citations
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Pisani, Leonardo, Roberta Farina, Ramón Soto‐Otero, et al.. (2016). Searching for Multi-Targeting Neurotherapeutics against Alzheimer’s: Discovery of Potent AChE-MAO B Inhibitors through the Decoration of the 2H-Chromen-2-one Structural Motif. Molecules. 21(3). 362–362. 45 indexed citations

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