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Riccardo Amorati

Associate Professor

Department of Chemistry "Giacomo Ciamician"

Academic discipline: CHIM/06 Organic Chemistry

Research

Keywords: free radicals radical kinetics nanoantioxidants antioxidants

ANTIOXIDANTS. Study of polyphenolic derivatives and of the cooperative effects among the oxydrylic groups present in these molecules. Investigations of the synergistic interactions in mixtures of polyphenols. Rational design of new antioxidants.

OXIDATION of NATURAL PRODUCTS. Study of the reaction of oxidizable natural compounds, such as garlic sulfides, with free radicals.

RADICALS in BIOLOGY. Study of the radical reactions catalyzed by enzymes, by using model systems.

NANO-ANTIOXIDANTS. Study of the reaction with free radicals of nanoparticles functionalized with antioxidants.