RESEARCH GROUP MEMBERS
1 Annamaria Panico
2 Venera Cardile
3 Floriana Garufi
4 Barbara Gentile
AFFILIATION
1 Department Pharmaceuthical Science Faculty Pharmacy
GROUP DATA
Address University of Catania, Dipartimento di Scienze Farmaceutiche, viale Andrea Doria 6, Ed. 12 Cittą Universitaria, I-95125 Catania (Italy).
Phone +39-0957384025
Fax +39-0957384270
E-mail Panico@unict.it
Web Site 
RESEARCH TOPICS
1 Assays for the toxicology effect of anti-inflammatory drugs
2 Toxicology and carcinogenesis
3 Food and environmental toxicology
EDUCATION IN TOXICOLOGY
1 Post-degree School of Food Chemistry and Technology at the Faculty of Pharmacy of the University of Catania
2 Degree course in Herbal Science at the Faculty of Pharmacy of the University of Catania
COLLABORATIONS
1 Department of Biology & Health Sciences, Facoulty of Science, Tecnology & Design, University Luton (London)
PUBLICATIONS
1 Cardile V, Panico AM, Gentile B, Borrelli F, Russo A (2003). Effect of propolis on human cartilage and chondrocytes. Life Sciences 73:1027-1035.
2 Panico AM, Cardile V, Vittorio F, Ronsisvalle G, Scoto GM, Parenti C, Gentile B, Morrone R, Nicolosi G (2003). Different in vitro activity of flurbiprofen and its enantiomers on human articular cartilage. Il Farmaco 58:1339-1334.
3 Panico AM, Vicini P, Cardile V, Gentile B, Ronsisvalle G (2002). Amidinobenzisothiazole derivatives with antidegenerative activity on cartilage. Il Farmaco 57:671-675.
4 A.M.Panico, V.Cardile, B.Gentile, F.Garufi, P. Famà, G.Bonfiglio, G.Ronsisvalle. Effect of leflunomide on human cartilage. Il Farmaco (2003), 58: 983-987.
5 AM. Panico, A.Geronikaki, R.Mgonzo, V.Cardile, B.Gentile, I.Doytchinova. Aminothiazole derivatives with antidegenerative activity on cartilage. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry (2003), 11: 2983-2989.
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Lombardo L, Cardile V, Scifo C, Renis M, Mancari B, Panico AM (2003). Fluoro-adenite e danno al DNA. Ambiente Risorse e Salute, Vol. 4 N. 92.
7 V. Cardile, M. Renis, C. Scifo, L. Lombardo, R. Gulino, B. Mancari, AM Panico. Behaviour of the new asbestos amphibole fluoro-edenite in different lung cell systems. The international journal of biochemistry & cell biology (2004), 36: 849-860.
  Ultimo aggiornamento: Dicembre 2005