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Scientific publications

2025 Martinelli G, Maranta N, Nicotra G, Vicentini SF, Bruno B, Baron G, Di Lorenzo C, Moheb El Haddad S, Fumagalli M, Pozzoli C, Sangiovanni E, Aldini G, Dell’Agli M,...

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Contacts

Laboratory of Pharmacognosy – Department of Pharmacological and Biomolecular Sciences ‘Rodolfo Paoletti’ Where:Via Balzaretti, 9 – 20133 Milan (MI) – Italy Phone: +39 02 50318383 – 02 50318398 Email:

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Advanced Course

Health properties of natural products The Advanced Course in Health Properties of Natural Products, coordinated by Professor Mario Dell’Agli, reaches its sixth edition in the 2025-2026 academic year. The course...

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News ed events

The main national and international congresses, conventions and events in the field of research on medicinal plants and products of natural origin, together with news relating to the scientific activity...

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Research

The research activity of the Laboratory ofPharmacognosy of the Department of Pharmacological and Biomolecular Sciences ‘Rodolfo Paoletti’ is mainly aimed at the study of medicinal and edible plants, in which...

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What does pharmacognosy study?

The etymological meaning of the term Pharmacognosy is the knowledge (from gnosis) of poisons (from pharmakon). Pharmacognosy is therefore that scientific discipline that deals with the study of biologically active...

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Collaborations

The main collaborations of the Laboratory of Pharmacognosy with other research groups at national and international level. Prof.ssa Anne Müller, University of Zurich (Svizzera) Prof.ssa Verena Dirsch, Universität Wien (Austria)....

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Study of gastric inflammation

The gastrointestinal tract represents an important barrier between humans and the microbial population. For this reason, the stomach is continuously exposed to the risk of developing inflammation of the mucosa,...

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Study of skin inflammation

The project aims to investigate the anti-inflammatory effect on the skin of extracts of plant origin and pure molecules on a non-tumor cell line of human keratinocytes. Keratinocytes are the...

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Study of intestinal inflammation

Intestinal inflammation, caused by genetic or environmental factors, is the basis of pathologies such as irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis, as well as being an important...

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Homepage

Advanced Course in Health properties of natural products The Advanced Course in Health Properties of Natural Products, coordinated by Professor Mario Dell’Agli and now in its sixth year for the...

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Research projects

The research of the Laboratory of Pharmacognosy, through the use of in vitro and in vivo assays, is aimed at studying the activity of natural products in the context of...

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