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Roberto Di Santo

Professore di Chimica Farmaceutica, Sapienza Università di Roma
Verified email at uniroma1.it
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Recent advances in nanotechnology for diabetes treatment

RM DiSanto, V Subramanian… - Wiley Interdisciplinary …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Nanotechnology in diabetes research has facilitated the development of novel glucose
measurement and insulin delivery modalities which hold the potential to dramatically improve …

Natural products as antifungal agents against clinically relevant pathogens

R Di Santo - Natural product reports, 2010 - pubs.rsc.org
… Roberto Di Santo Roberto Di Santo … SAR studies of this lead compound led to the development
of (1R,2S)-2-amino-4-methylene-cyclopentane carboxylic acid (PLD-118, icofungipen, 26…

Microneedle-array patches loaded with hypoxia-sensitive vesicles provide fast glucose-responsive insulin delivery

J Yu, Y Zhang, Y Ye, R DiSanto… - Proceedings of the …, 2015 - National Acad Sciences
A glucose-responsive “closed-loop” insulin delivery system mimicking the function of pancreatic
cells has tremendous potential to improve quality of life and health in diabetics. Here, we …

[HTML][HTML] ATP-triggered anticancer drug delivery

R Mo, T Jiang, R DiSanto, W Tai, Z Gu - Nature communications, 2014 - nature.com
Stimuli-triggered drug delivery systems have been increasingly used to promote physiological
specificity and on-demand therapeutic efficacy of anticancer drugs. Here we utilize …

HIV-1 RT-associated RNase H function inhibitors: recent advances in drug development

E Tramontano, R Di Santo - Current medicinal chemistry, 2010 - ingentaconnect.com
The HIV-1 genomic RNA reverse transcription is an essential step in the virus cycle carried
out by the viral-coded reverse transcriptase (RT), which has two associated functions: the …

Improved activity and thermostability of (S)-aminotransferase by error-prone polymerase chain reaction for the production of a chiral amine

AR Martin, R DiSanto, I Plotnikov, S Kamat… - Biochemical …, 2007 - Elsevier
The evolution of a mesophilic aminotransferase, isolated from Athrobacter citreus, to a
thermostable aminotransferase was accomplished via error-prone PCR. After three rounds of …

Geometrically and conformationally restrained cinnamoyl compounds as inhibitors of HIV-1 integrase: synthesis, biological evaluation, and molecular modeling

M Artico, R Di Santo, R Costi, E Novellino… - Journal of medicinal …, 1998 - ACS Publications
Various cinnammoyl-based structures were synthesized and tested in enzyme assays as
inhibitors of the HIV-1 integrase (IN). The majority of compounds were designed as …

Antimycobacterial pyrroles: synthesis, anti-Mycobacterium tuberculosis activity and QSAR studies

R Ragno, GR Marshall, R Di Santo, R Costi… - Bioorganic & medicinal …, 2000 - Elsevier
A number of known antifungal pyrrole derivatives and some newly synthesized compounds (5–33)
were tested in vitro against Mycobacterium tuberculosis CIP 103471. The majority of …

6-[1-(4-Fluorophenyl) methyl-1H-pyrrol-2-yl)]-2, 4-dioxo-5-hexenoic acid ethyl ester a novel diketo acid derivative which selectively inhibits the HIV-1 viral replication in …

…, F Esposito, R Badas, R Di Santo, R Costi… - Antiviral research, 2005 - Elsevier
The human immunodeficiency virus-type 1 (HIV-1) reverse transcriptase (RT) is a multifunctional
enzyme which displays DNA polymerase activity, which recognizes RNA and DNA …

[HTML][HTML] Recent advances in recovery of lycopene from tomato waste: A potent antioxidant with endless benefits

…, V Tudino, A De Leo, L Scipione, R Di Santo, R Costi… - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
Growing attention to environmental protection leads food industries to adopt a model of “circular
economy” applying safe and sustainable technologies to recover, recycle and valorize …