Publications

contribution to the knowledge of the folk plant medicine in calabria region (southern italy).	a series of research on plants used in calabria (southern italy) in the folk plant medicine was carried out in the last twenty years. the use of 104 taxa distributed into 42 families are described. among the major findings: ceterach officinarum as hypotensive; heliotropium europaeum in the case of urinary inflammations; silybum marianum for haemorrhoids; arundo donax for pertussis and cystitis; allium cepa for sties and flu; laurus nobilis as galactagogue; passiflora incarnata for burns, haemorr ...	2007	17084993
multielement fingerprinting as a tool in origin authentication of pgi food products: tropea red onion.	tropea red onion ( allium cepa l. var. tropea) is among the most highly appreciated italian products. it is cultivated in specific areas of calabria and, due to its characteristics, was recently awarded with the protected geographical indications (pgi) certification from the european union. a reliable classification of onion samples in groups corresponding to "tropea" and "non-tropea" categories is now available to the producers. this important goal has been achieved through the evaluation of th ...	2011	21721527