Biological Section
RESEARCH GROUP MEMBERS
1 Aurelia Tubaro
2 Roberto Della Loggia
3 Silvio Sosa
4 Valeria De Ninis
5 Anna Giangaspero
6 Davide Giust
7 Sara Ursella
AFFILIATION
1 Dipartimento dei Materiali e delle Risorse Naturali – Università di Trieste
GROUP DATA
Address Via A.Valerio, 6 - 34127 –TRIESTE (Italy)
Phone +39-040 558 7910
Fax +39-040 558 3215
E-mail tubaro@units.it
Web Site  
RESEARCH TOPICS
1 Algal toxins responsible for shellfish human intoxications
2 In vitro methods to determine algal toxins
3 In vivo and in vitro toxicological evaluation of algal toxins
4 Toxicological effects induced by the algal species Ostreopsis ovata
SERVICES
1 Analyses of algal toxins in shellfish and seawater
2 Evaluation of the in vivo and in vitro effects of algal toxins
EDUCATION IN TOXICOLOGY
1 Workshop “Biosensori: Applicazioni in Tossicologia Ambientale” – Università di Trieste, April 28, 2005
COLLABORATIONS
1 Prof. Takeshi Yasumoto – Japan Food Research Laboratories, Tama, Tokyo (Japan)
2 Prof. Masayuki Satake – Tohoku University, Sendai (Japan)
3 Prof. Patrizia Ciminiello – Università di Napoli “Federico II” (Italy)
4 Prof. Ernesto Fattorusso – Università di Napoli “Federico II” (Italy)
5 Prof. Gian Paolo Rossini – Università di Modena (Italy)
6 Dr. Roberto Poletti – Centro di Ricerche Marine, Cesenatico, Forlì (Italy)
7 Prof. Laurita Boni – Università di Bologna (Italy)
PUBLICATIONS
1 Tubaro A, Sosa S, Altinier G, Soranzo MR, Satake M, Della Loggia R, Yasumoto T (2004). Short-term oral toxicity of homoyessotoxins, yessotoxin and okadaic acid in mice. Toxicon 43(4):439-45.
2 Ferrari S, Ciminiello P, Dell’Aversano C, Forino M, Malaguti C, Tubaro A, Poletti R, Yasumoto T, Fattorusso E, Rossini GP (2004) Structure-activity relationships of yessotoxins in cultured cells. Chem Res Toxicol 17(9): 1251-1257.
3 Ciminiello P, Dell’Aversano C, Fattorusso E, Forino M, Magno GS, Tartaglione L, Quilliam MA, Tubaro A, Poletti R (2005). Hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry for determination of domoic acid in Adriatic shellfish. Rapid Commun Mass Spectrom 19(14): 2030-2038.
4 Tubaro A, Altinier G, Modonutti V (2005). Intossicazione da Biotossine Algali. In “Trattato sulle Infezioni e Tossinfezioni Alimentari", EG Rondanelli, M Fabbi, P Marone Eds., Selecta Medica, Pavia 2005, pagg. 90-108.
5 Speranza G, Morelli CF, Tubaro A, Altinier G, Durì L, Manitto P (2005). Aloeresin I, an anti-inflammatory 5-methylchromone from cape aloe. Planta Medica 71(1): 79-81.
6 Curini M, Maltese F, Marcotullio MC, Meneghini L, Pagiotti R, Rosati O, Altinier G, Tubaro A (2005). Glaucopines A and B, new cyathane diterpenes from the fruiting bodies of Sarcodon glaucopus. Planta Medica 71(2): 194-196.
7 Kos O, Lindenmeyer MT, Tubaro A, Sosa S, Merfort I (2005). New sesquiterpene lactones from Arnica tincture prepared from fresh flowerheads of Arnica Montana. Planta Medica 71(11): 1044-1052.

 

 Ultimo aggiornamento: Dicembre 2005