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Calabria is a region of southern Italy characterized by several natural and heritage sites located on seaboard areas, within a distance of 300 m from the coast. In fact, 58 Natura 2000 sites and 63 cultural heritage sites (42.9% of which overlap with the Natura 2000 ones) fall within the borders of the region. Within this context, this study has analyzed the connection between natural and cultural goods in the region, considering both seaboard and human impact risk conditions. The results evidenced that 50% and 21% of the natural and cultural heritage sites, respectively, are exposed to the risk of increasing coastal erosion and heavy human impact. Moreover, in order to highlight how cultural heritage sites could be integrated into natural ones within a process of global coastal area management, three case studies have been discussed. In fact, a new kind of approach to coastal regions through an Integrated Coastal Zone Management is necessary in order to valorize the natural and cultural heritage of coastal regions for the social and economic growth of local people.
Nicola Cantasano; Tommaso Caloiero; Gaetano Pellicone; Francesco Aristodemo; Alessandra De Marco; Giuseppe Tagarelli. Can ICZM Contribute to the Mitigation of Erosion and of Human Activities Threatening the Natural and Cultural Heritage of the Coastal Landscape of Calabria? Sustainability 2021, 13, 1122 .
AMA StyleNicola Cantasano, Tommaso Caloiero, Gaetano Pellicone, Francesco Aristodemo, Alessandra De Marco, Giuseppe Tagarelli. Can ICZM Contribute to the Mitigation of Erosion and of Human Activities Threatening the Natural and Cultural Heritage of the Coastal Landscape of Calabria? Sustainability. 2021; 13 (3):1122.
Chicago/Turabian StyleNicola Cantasano; Tommaso Caloiero; Gaetano Pellicone; Francesco Aristodemo; Alessandra De Marco; Giuseppe Tagarelli. 2021. "Can ICZM Contribute to the Mitigation of Erosion and of Human Activities Threatening the Natural and Cultural Heritage of the Coastal Landscape of Calabria?" Sustainability 13, no. 3: 1122.
This study shows the link connecting natural and cultural goods in the coastal landscape of Calabria (Southern Italy), considering seaboard and human impact risk conditions. In fact, Calabria has 58 Natura 2000 sites located on seaboard areas within a length of 300 meters from coast and 63 cultural heritage sites of which 42.9% coincides with the Natura 2000 network. As a results of this paper, the increasing coastal erosion and a heavy human impact have been highlighted as the main hazards to which the natural and cultural goods are exposed, thus it’s necessary a broader approach for the integration of natural and cultural issues into an active Integrated Coastal Zone Management process
Giuseppe Tagarelli; Nicola Cantasano; Tommaso Caloiero; Gaetano Pellicone. Integrated Coastal Zone Management of Natura 2000 and cultural heritage sites in Calabrian coastal landscape (Southern Italy). Proceedings e report 2020, 338 -347.
AMA StyleGiuseppe Tagarelli, Nicola Cantasano, Tommaso Caloiero, Gaetano Pellicone. Integrated Coastal Zone Management of Natura 2000 and cultural heritage sites in Calabrian coastal landscape (Southern Italy). Proceedings e report. 2020; ():338-347.
Chicago/Turabian StyleGiuseppe Tagarelli; Nicola Cantasano; Tommaso Caloiero; Gaetano Pellicone. 2020. "Integrated Coastal Zone Management of Natura 2000 and cultural heritage sites in Calabrian coastal landscape (Southern Italy)." Proceedings e report , no. : 338-347.
Before the advent of modern antibiotics, microbial infections were treated with herbal medicine or cauterization. Literature from the latter half of the nineteenth to the early mid-twentieth century, when antibiotics became widely available, arguably holds the most progressive information about herbal remedies to treat bacterial skin diseases. The corpus of literature produced in Italy during that period is not easily accessible and mostly out of print. Plant-based remedies utilized in popular Italian medicine to treat anthrax, boils, erysipelas, impetigo, pustules, and whitlow were sourced from literature indexed in and available through the National Library Service website of the Italian Libraries Network. The remedies are assessed for their antimicrobial potential based on a detailed search of the herbal drug species in scientific databases. A considerable part of the reviewed recipes included specific excipients (41 out of 139) and others were produced with fresh plant material (48 out of 139). Out of the 52 identified herbal drug species used in popular Italian medicine against dermatologic infections, extracts of 43 were shown to have moderate in vitro activity against Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria. The antibacterial activity of the extracts and pure compounds as reported in the reviewed literature is mostly based on in vitro assays and generally does not encourage follow up studies. The effectiveness of the reported recipes, which include fresh plant material and excipients can only be assessed through in vivo studies. Those remedies including herbal drugs with reported antimicrobial activity might have the potential as complementary therapies. The reviewed plant based antimicrobial recipes might serve as inspirations in the search for alternative topical antibacterial strategies and the search for their synergistic and potentiating ingredients.
Rosalucia Mazzei; Marco Leonti; Santo Spadafora; Alessandra Patitucci; Giuseppe Tagarelli. A review of the antimicrobial potential of herbal drugs used in popular Italian medicine (1850s–1950s) to treat bacterial skin diseases. Journal of Ethnopharmacology 2019, 250, 112443 .
AMA StyleRosalucia Mazzei, Marco Leonti, Santo Spadafora, Alessandra Patitucci, Giuseppe Tagarelli. A review of the antimicrobial potential of herbal drugs used in popular Italian medicine (1850s–1950s) to treat bacterial skin diseases. Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 2019; 250 ():112443.
Chicago/Turabian StyleRosalucia Mazzei; Marco Leonti; Santo Spadafora; Alessandra Patitucci; Giuseppe Tagarelli. 2019. "A review of the antimicrobial potential of herbal drugs used in popular Italian medicine (1850s–1950s) to treat bacterial skin diseases." Journal of Ethnopharmacology 250, no. : 112443.
Headache has been recognized since antiquity. From the late nineteenth to the early to mid-twentieth century, Italian folk remedies to treat headache were documented in a vast corpus of literature sources. The purpose of this paper is to bring to light the plant-based treatments utilized by Italian folk medicine to heal headache in an attempt to discuss these remedies from a modern pharmacological point of view. Moreover, we compare the medical applications described by Hippocrates, Pliny the Elder, Dioscorides, Galen and Serenus Sammonicus with those utilized by Italian folk medicine to check if they result from a sort of continuity of use by over two thousand years. A detailed search of the scientific data banks such as Medline and Scopus was undertaken to uncover recent results concerning the anti-inflammatory, anti-nociceptive and analgesic activities of the plants. Fifty-eight (78.4%) plant-based remedies have shown in vivo, in vitro or in human trials a large spectrum of anti-inflammatory, anti-nociceptive and analgesic activities. Moreover, thirty-one of remedies (41.9%) were already included in the pharmacopoeia between the 5th century BC and the 2nd century AD. Italian folk medicine could be a promising source of knowledge and could provide evidences for active principles that have not as of yet been fully used for their potential.
Rosalucia Mazzei; Elvira V. De Marco; Olivier Gallo; Giuseppe Tagarelli. Italian folk plant-based remedies to heal headache (XIX-XX century). Journal of Ethnopharmacology 2018, 210, 417 -433.
AMA StyleRosalucia Mazzei, Elvira V. De Marco, Olivier Gallo, Giuseppe Tagarelli. Italian folk plant-based remedies to heal headache (XIX-XX century). Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 2018; 210 ():417-433.
Chicago/Turabian StyleRosalucia Mazzei; Elvira V. De Marco; Olivier Gallo; Giuseppe Tagarelli. 2018. "Italian folk plant-based remedies to heal headache (XIX-XX century)." Journal of Ethnopharmacology 210, no. : 417-433.
Maria Liguori; G. Tagarelli; N. Romeo; A. Bagalà; Patrizia Spadafora. Identification of a patient affected by “Juvenile-chronic” Tay Sachs disease in South Italy. Neurological Sciences 2016, 37, 1883 -1885.
AMA StyleMaria Liguori, G. Tagarelli, N. Romeo, A. Bagalà, Patrizia Spadafora. Identification of a patient affected by “Juvenile-chronic” Tay Sachs disease in South Italy. Neurological Sciences. 2016; 37 (11):1883-1885.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMaria Liguori; G. Tagarelli; N. Romeo; A. Bagalà; Patrizia Spadafora. 2016. "Identification of a patient affected by “Juvenile-chronic” Tay Sachs disease in South Italy." Neurological Sciences 37, no. 11: 1883-1885.
The relationship between genetic and linguistic diversification in human populations has been often explored to interpret some specific issues in human history. The Albanian-speaking minorities of Sicily and Southern Italy (Arbereshe) constitute an important portion of the ethnolinguistic variability of Italy. Their linguistic isolation from neighboring Italian populations and their documented migration history, make such minorities particularly effective for investigating the interplay between cultural, geographic and historical factors. Nevertheless, the extent of Arbereshe genetic relationships with the Balkan homeland and the Italian recipient populations has been only partially investigated. In the present study we address the genetic history of Arbereshe people by combining highly resolved analyses of Y-chromosome lineages and extensive computer simulations. A large set of slow- and fast-evolving molecular markers was typed in different Arbereshe communities from Sicily and Southern Italy (Calabria), as well as in both the putative Balkan source and Italian sink populations. Our results revealed that the considered Arbereshe groups, despite speaking closely related languages and sharing common cultural features, actually experienced diverging genetic histories. The estimated proportions of genetic admixture confirm the tight relationship of Calabrian Arbereshe with modern Albanian populations, in accordance with linguistic hypotheses. On the other hand, population stratification and/or an increased permeability of linguistic and geographic barriers may be hypothesized for Sicilian groups, to account for their partial similarity with Greek populations and their higher levels of local admixture. These processes ultimately resulted in the differential acquisition or preservation of specific paternal lineages by the present-day Arbereshe communities.
Stefania Sarno; Sergio Tofanelli; Sara De Fanti; Andrea Quagliariello; Eugenio Bortolini; Gianmarco Ferri; Paolo Anagnostou; Francesca Brisighelli; Cristian Capelli; Giuseppe Tagarelli; Luca Sineo; Nata Luiselli; Alessio Boattini; Davide Pettener. Shared language, diverging genetic histories: high-resolution analysis of Y-chromosome variability in Calabrian and Sicilian Arbereshe. European Journal of Human Genetics 2015, 24, 600 -6.
AMA StyleStefania Sarno, Sergio Tofanelli, Sara De Fanti, Andrea Quagliariello, Eugenio Bortolini, Gianmarco Ferri, Paolo Anagnostou, Francesca Brisighelli, Cristian Capelli, Giuseppe Tagarelli, Luca Sineo, Nata Luiselli, Alessio Boattini, Davide Pettener. Shared language, diverging genetic histories: high-resolution analysis of Y-chromosome variability in Calabrian and Sicilian Arbereshe. European Journal of Human Genetics. 2015; 24 (4):600-6.
Chicago/Turabian StyleStefania Sarno; Sergio Tofanelli; Sara De Fanti; Andrea Quagliariello; Eugenio Bortolini; Gianmarco Ferri; Paolo Anagnostou; Francesca Brisighelli; Cristian Capelli; Giuseppe Tagarelli; Luca Sineo; Nata Luiselli; Alessio Boattini; Davide Pettener. 2015. "Shared language, diverging genetic histories: high-resolution analysis of Y-chromosome variability in Calabrian and Sicilian Arbereshe." European Journal of Human Genetics 24, no. 4: 600-6.
The relationship between spirituality, religion and medicine has been recognized since antiquity. Despite large differences in their history, society, economy and cultures human communities shared a common belief that spirituality and religion played an important role in the healing of diseases. The study of religious remedies used by Italian folk medicine in order to treat diseases was based on a review of literature sources compiled between the late nineteenth century and the early to mid twentieth century. This approach lead to the unearthing of heterogeneous healing methods that have been divided into different categories: Saints, Pilgrimages, Holy Water/Blessed Oil, Blessings, Religious Objects, Contact, Signs, Formulas and The Religious Calendar. Some of these practices, partly still performed in Italy, are a part of the landscape of the official Catholic Church, others come out of a process of syncretism between the Catholic Religion, the magic world and pre-Christian rituals. The vastus corpus of religious remedies, highlighted in the present work, shows the need for spirituality of the sick and represent a symbolic framework, that works as a filter, mediates, containing the pain that constantly fills everyone’s lives in remote ages even in the third millennium. All of this confirms how important the health-workers know and interpret these existential needs from anthropological and psychological points of view.
Nelide Romeo; Olivier Gallo; Giuseppe Tagarelli. From Disease to Holiness: Religious-based health remedies of Italian folk medicine (XIX-XX century). Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2015, 11, 1 -23.
AMA StyleNelide Romeo, Olivier Gallo, Giuseppe Tagarelli. From Disease to Holiness: Religious-based health remedies of Italian folk medicine (XIX-XX century). Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine. 2015; 11 (1):1-23.
Chicago/Turabian StyleNelide Romeo; Olivier Gallo; Giuseppe Tagarelli. 2015. "From Disease to Holiness: Religious-based health remedies of Italian folk medicine (XIX-XX century)." Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 11, no. 1: 1-23.
Epilepsy is a neurological disorder which has been recognized since antiquity. This paper evaluates the prophylactic and therapeutic remedies used by folk medicine to cure epilepsy in Italy. The data has been collected by reviewing written sources of physicians, ethnographers, folklorists between the late nineteenth and mid twentieth century. This approach leads to unearthing of 78 heterogeneous healing methods that have been divided into 16 (20%) magical, 20 (26%) religious and 42 (54%) natural remedies. The latter has been subdivided into 18 (43%) animal remedies, 17 (40%) plant remedies and 7 (17%) other remedies. Religious and magical remedies were used with the conviction that they would be able to provide recovery from epilepsy and to ward off evil spirits which had taken possession of the sick. Interestingly, the herbal remedies highlighted 12 (70%) plants that play or might play an important role with respect to the mechanisms that generate the epileptic seizures. This leads us to reconsider the historical significance of folk medicine, too often it is underestimated owing to its use of ineffective remedies, born of incompetence and superstition.
Giuseppe Tagarelli; Antonio Tagarelli; Maria Liguori; Anna Piro. Treating epilepsy in Italy between XIX and XX century. Journal of Ethnopharmacology 2013, 145, 608 -613.
AMA StyleGiuseppe Tagarelli, Antonio Tagarelli, Maria Liguori, Anna Piro. Treating epilepsy in Italy between XIX and XX century. Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 2013; 145 (2):608-613.
Chicago/Turabian StyleGiuseppe Tagarelli; Antonio Tagarelli; Maria Liguori; Anna Piro. 2013. "Treating epilepsy in Italy between XIX and XX century." Journal of Ethnopharmacology 145, no. 2: 608-613.
Since the beginning of 15th century, some physicians have believed that syphilis was caused by atmospheric calamities or the plight of the person1; therefore, syphilis was called malattia estiva or mala dispositio.2 In 1539, an anonymous book published in Lyon, France, “Le triumphe de treshaulte et puissante Dame Vérolle, royne du puy d’amours: nouvellement composé par l’inventeur de menus plaisirs honnestes,” depicted on the title page many miserable syphilitic men following a lean and exhausted horse carrying a woman dressed in rags (the “royne du puy d’amours”).3
Antonio Tagarelli; Giuseppe Tagarelli; Paolo Lagonia; Anna Piro. Terms for Syphilis Between the 16th and the 20th Centuries. Archives of Dermatology 2012, 148, 1036 -1036.
AMA StyleAntonio Tagarelli, Giuseppe Tagarelli, Paolo Lagonia, Anna Piro. Terms for Syphilis Between the 16th and the 20th Centuries. Archives of Dermatology. 2012; 148 (9):1036-1036.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAntonio Tagarelli; Giuseppe Tagarelli; Paolo Lagonia; Anna Piro. 2012. "Terms for Syphilis Between the 16th and the 20th Centuries." Archives of Dermatology 148, no. 9: 1036-1036.
During the Italian Renaissance, writers used the term France as a synonym for syphilis. For example, Agnolo Firenzuola1 (1493-1543) wrote: “Lady, is it true or is it a humbug, that you are in France?” Confirmation of the meaning of this use of France was found in the “Purgatorio delle cortigiane” in 1546 by the poet and painter Maestro Andrea,2 who was from Venice. The purgatory described was not the purgatory of Catholicism but the St James Hospital, in Rome, called the Home for Incurables, which was built in 1515 by Pope Leo X for those suffering from male incurabile, or syphilis.3 The hospital was described by Andrea as follows:
Antonio Tagarelli; Giuseppe Tagarelli; Paolo Lagonia; Anna Piro. Italian Renaissance. Archives of Dermatology 2012, 148, 938 -938.
AMA StyleAntonio Tagarelli, Giuseppe Tagarelli, Paolo Lagonia, Anna Piro. Italian Renaissance. Archives of Dermatology. 2012; 148 (8):938-938.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAntonio Tagarelli; Giuseppe Tagarelli; Paolo Lagonia; Anna Piro. 2012. "Italian Renaissance." Archives of Dermatology 148, no. 8: 938-938.
Antonio Tagarelli; Giuseppe Tagarelli; Paolo Lagonia; Anna Piro. Morbus Europaeus. Archives of Dermatology 2012, 148, 831 .
AMA StyleAntonio Tagarelli, Giuseppe Tagarelli, Paolo Lagonia, Anna Piro. Morbus Europaeus. Archives of Dermatology. 2012; 148 (7):831.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAntonio Tagarelli; Giuseppe Tagarelli; Paolo Lagonia; Anna Piro. 2012. "Morbus Europaeus." Archives of Dermatology 148, no. 7: 831.
In August 1494, King Charles VIII came to Italy in command of his French army, traveling from North to South on the Italian mainland, to conquer the Neapolitan kingdom in February 1495. The French soldiers, who were generally mercenaries, were affected by a new disease, syphilis. In Rome, the disease was named malattia gallica as a token of Gaul, which was the ancient Roman name for France. The first documented synonym for syphilis was morbo gallico, designated by Nicola Leoniceno in his work “De epidemia quam Itali morbum gallicum, Galli vero neapolitanum vocant” (1494). In 1496, Giuliano Passaro1 named syphilis lo male franzese, and a deporation decree on the harlotry called the disease mal francese.2 In the same year, people from Central Italy used the following synonyms: mal franzoso, mal franzoxe, mal franxoso, and mal francioso.3
Antonio Tagarelli; Giuseppe Tagarelli; Paolo Lagonia; Anna Piro. Attribution of Syphilis to the Celts, the Gauls, and the French. Archives of Dermatology 2012, 148, 733 -733.
AMA StyleAntonio Tagarelli, Giuseppe Tagarelli, Paolo Lagonia, Anna Piro. Attribution of Syphilis to the Celts, the Gauls, and the French. Archives of Dermatology. 2012; 148 (6):733-733.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAntonio Tagarelli; Giuseppe Tagarelli; Paolo Lagonia; Anna Piro. 2012. "Attribution of Syphilis to the Celts, the Gauls, and the French." Archives of Dermatology 148, no. 6: 733-733.
Giuseppe Tagarelli. Dermatogeographical Synonyms for Syphilis. Archives of Dermatology 2012, 148, 484 .
AMA StyleGiuseppe Tagarelli. Dermatogeographical Synonyms for Syphilis. Archives of Dermatology. 2012; 148 (4):484.
Chicago/Turabian StyleGiuseppe Tagarelli. 2012. "Dermatogeographical Synonyms for Syphilis." Archives of Dermatology 148, no. 4: 484.
Giuseppe Tagarelli; P. Lagonia; Aldo Quattrone; A. Piro. The relation between the names and designations of syphilis in the 16th century and its clinical gravity. Sexually Transmitted Infections 2011, 87, 247 -247.
AMA StyleGiuseppe Tagarelli, P. Lagonia, Aldo Quattrone, A. Piro. The relation between the names and designations of syphilis in the 16th century and its clinical gravity. Sexually Transmitted Infections. 2011; 87 (3):247-247.
Chicago/Turabian StyleGiuseppe Tagarelli; P. Lagonia; Aldo Quattrone; A. Piro. 2011. "The relation between the names and designations of syphilis in the 16th century and its clinical gravity." Sexually Transmitted Infections 87, no. 3: 247-247.
Antonio Tagarelli; Giuseppe Tagarelli; Paolo Lagonia; Anna Piro. A brief history of syphilis by its synonyms. Acta dermatovenerologica Croatica : ADC 2011, 19, 1 .
AMA StyleAntonio Tagarelli, Giuseppe Tagarelli, Paolo Lagonia, Anna Piro. A brief history of syphilis by its synonyms. Acta dermatovenerologica Croatica : ADC. 2011; 19 (4):1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAntonio Tagarelli; Giuseppe Tagarelli; Paolo Lagonia; Anna Piro. 2011. "A brief history of syphilis by its synonyms." Acta dermatovenerologica Croatica : ADC 19, no. 4: 1.
Anna Piro; Giuseppe Tagarelli; Paolo Lagonia; Aldo Quattrone; Antonio Tagarelli. Archibald Edward Garrod and alcaptonuria: “Inborn errors of metabolism” revisited. Genetics in Medicine 2010, 12, 475 -476.
AMA StyleAnna Piro, Giuseppe Tagarelli, Paolo Lagonia, Aldo Quattrone, Antonio Tagarelli. Archibald Edward Garrod and alcaptonuria: “Inborn errors of metabolism” revisited. Genetics in Medicine. 2010; 12 (8):475-476.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAnna Piro; Giuseppe Tagarelli; Paolo Lagonia; Aldo Quattrone; Antonio Tagarelli. 2010. "Archibald Edward Garrod and alcaptonuria: “Inborn errors of metabolism” revisited." Genetics in Medicine 12, no. 8: 475-476.
The Arbereshe are an Albanian-speaking ethno-linguistic minority who settled in Calabria (southern Italy) about five centuries ago. This study aims to clarify the genetic relationships between Italy and the Balkans through analysis of Y-chromosome variability in a peculiar case study, the Arbereshe. Founder surnames were used as a means to identify a sample of individuals that might trace back to the Albanians at the time of their establishment in Italy. These results were compared with data of more than 1000 individuals from Italy and the Balkans. The distributions of haplogroups (defined using 31 UEPs) and haplotypes (12 STRs) show that the Italian and Balkan populations are clearly divergent from each other. Within this genetic landscape, the Arbereshe are characterized by two peculiarities: (a) they are a clear outlier in the Italian genetic background, showing a strong genetic affinity with southern Balkans populations; and (b) they retain a high degree of genetic diversity. These results support the hypothesis that the surname-chosen Arbereshe are representative of the Y-chromosome genetic variability of the Albanian founder population. Accordingly, the Arbereshe genetic structure can contribute to the interpretation of the recent biological history of the southern Balkans. Intra-haplogroup analyses suggest that this area may have experienced important changes in the last five centuries, resulting in a marked increase in the frequency of haplogroups I2a and J2.
Alessio Boattini; Donata Luiselli; Marco Sazzini; Antonella Useli; Giuseppe Tagarelli; Davide Pettener. Linking Italy and the Balkans. A Y-chromosome perspective from the Arbereshe of Calabria. Annals of Human Biology 2010, 38, 59 -68.
AMA StyleAlessio Boattini, Donata Luiselli, Marco Sazzini, Antonella Useli, Giuseppe Tagarelli, Davide Pettener. Linking Italy and the Balkans. A Y-chromosome perspective from the Arbereshe of Calabria. Annals of Human Biology. 2010; 38 (1):59-68.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAlessio Boattini; Donata Luiselli; Marco Sazzini; Antonella Useli; Giuseppe Tagarelli; Davide Pettener. 2010. "Linking Italy and the Balkans. A Y-chromosome perspective from the Arbereshe of Calabria." Annals of Human Biology 38, no. 1: 59-68.
In Italy, malaria was an endemic disease that was eradicated by the mid-20th century. This paper evaluates the prophylactic and therapeutic remedies used by folk medicine to cure malaria in Calabria (southern Italy).
Giuseppe Tagarelli; Antonio Tagarelli; Anna Piro. Folk medicine used to heal malaria in Calabria (southern Italy). Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2010, 6, 27 -27.
AMA StyleGiuseppe Tagarelli, Antonio Tagarelli, Anna Piro. Folk medicine used to heal malaria in Calabria (southern Italy). Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine. 2010; 6 (1):27-27.
Chicago/Turabian StyleGiuseppe Tagarelli; Antonio Tagarelli; Anna Piro. 2010. "Folk medicine used to heal malaria in Calabria (southern Italy)." Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 6, no. 1: 27-27.
The history of the discovery of vitamins is the history of their deficiency disorders. Their discoverer was Casimir Funk, who is considered the 'father of vitamin therapy'. In his experimental research, Funk studied the interrelationships in the human body of those elements that Eijkman had demonstrated in animals, particularly in birds. In his experimental research, Funk identified the dietetic factors whose lack caused the 'deficiency disorders', as he called human beri-beri, scurvy, rickets and pellagra. In 1911, he designated these factors 'vitamins' ('vita' = life, and 'amine' = a nitrogenous substance essential for life); this name was accepted by the scientific community in 1912.
Anna Piro; Giuseppe Tagarelli; Paolo Lagonia; Antonio Tagarelli; Aldo Quattrone. Casimir Funk: His Discovery of the Vitamins and Their Deficiency Disorders. Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism 2010, 57, 85 -88.
AMA StyleAnna Piro, Giuseppe Tagarelli, Paolo Lagonia, Antonio Tagarelli, Aldo Quattrone. Casimir Funk: His Discovery of the Vitamins and Their Deficiency Disorders. Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism. 2010; 57 (2):85-88.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAnna Piro; Giuseppe Tagarelli; Paolo Lagonia; Antonio Tagarelli; Aldo Quattrone. 2010. "Casimir Funk: His Discovery of the Vitamins and Their Deficiency Disorders." Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism 57, no. 2: 85-88.
The authors briefly describe the life and scientific activity of Archibald Edward Garrod (Fig. 1) who is recognized as “the father of biochemistry” by the Royal Society of Medicine. The basis for this recognition is his study of the disorder alcaptonuria, which he discovered and described in his book Inborn Errors of Metabolism. In this book, he emphasized the interrelationship between biochemistry and genetics, and that these 2 disciplines are not 2 distinct entities but are closely related in the practice of medicine [1-4].
Anna Piro; Antonio Tagarelli; Giuseppe Tagarelli; Paolo Lagonia; Aldo Quattrone. Archibald Edward Garrod: the physician father of biochemistry. Metabolism 2009, 58, 427 -437.
AMA StyleAnna Piro, Antonio Tagarelli, Giuseppe Tagarelli, Paolo Lagonia, Aldo Quattrone. Archibald Edward Garrod: the physician father of biochemistry. Metabolism. 2009; 58 (4):427-437.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAnna Piro; Antonio Tagarelli; Giuseppe Tagarelli; Paolo Lagonia; Aldo Quattrone. 2009. "Archibald Edward Garrod: the physician father of biochemistry." Metabolism 58, no. 4: 427-437.