Adele Cutignano

Adele Cutignano graduated summa cum laude in 1993 in Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of Naples Federico II, where she also obtained her PhD in Agricultural Chemistry in 1997; in 1999 she got the Specialization in Hospital Pharmacy at University of Salerno with highest marks and honors. From 1997 to 2001 she obtained Post-doc and Research Assistant positions at University of Salerno. In 2001 she obtained a permanent position as Researcher at CNR- ICB where she currently is Senior Researcher since 2020.

  Natural product chemistry

  Drug discovery

 Secondary metabolites biosynthesis

  Mass spectrometry methodologies

  Lipidomics

1. A. Cutignano*, G Mamone, F Boscaino, A Ceriotti, M Maccaferri, G. Picariello. “Monitoring changes of lipid composition in durum wheat during grain development”, J. Cereal Sci. 2021, 97, 103131. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcs.2020.103131

2. R. Sacchi, A. Cutignano, G. Picariello, A. Paduano, A. Genovese, F. Siano, G. Nuzzo, S. Caira, C. Lubritto, P. Ricci, A. D’Auria, G. Di Pasquale, A. Motta, F. Addeo. “Olive oil from the 79 A.D. Vesuvius eruption stored at the Naples National Archaeological Museum (Italy)” NPJ Food of Science, 2020, 4, 19. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41538-020-00077-w

3. I. Ben Haj Yahia, Y. Zaouali, M. L. Ciavatta, A. Ligresti, R. Jaouadi, M. Boussaid and A. Cutignano* “Polyphenolic Profiling, Quantitative Assessment and Biological Activities of Tunisian Native Mentha rotundifolia (L.) Huds.” Molecules, 2019, 24, 2351. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules24132351

4. E. Manzo, C. Gallo, R. Sartorius, G. Nuzzo, A. Sardo, P. De Berardinis, A. Fontana, A. Cutignano* “Immunostimulatory Phosphatidylmonogalactosyldiacylglycerols (PGDG) from the marine diatom Thalassiosira weissflogii: inspiration for a novel synthetic TLR-4 agonist” Mar. Drugs, 2019, 17, 103. https://doi.org/10.3390/md17020103

5. A. Cutignano*; E. Luongo; G. Nuzzo; D. Pagano; E. Manzo; A. Sardo; A. Fontana. “Profiling of complex lipids in marine microalgae by UHPLC/tandem mass spectrometry”, Algal Res., 2016, 17, 348-358. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.algal.2016.05.016

   MAIN RESEARCH SITE, POZZUOLI (NA)

  adele.cutignano@cnr.it

   PEC: adele.cutignano@pec.it

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