Andreana Ν. Assimopoulou

Prof. Andreana Ν. Assimopoulou

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING, Aristotle University, Thessaloníki, Kentrikí Makedonía, Greece
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Academic Career Length

29Years (1998-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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29 November 2005 in Phytotherapy Research
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AAAndreana N. Assimopoulou
Andreana N. Assimopoulou
ZSZ. Sinakos
Z. Sinakos
VPV. P. Papageorgiou
V. P. Papageorgiou

1 January 2006 in Food Chemistry
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MAMaria A. Anagnostopoulou
Maria A. Anagnostopoulou
PKPanagiotis Kefalas
Panagiotis Kefalas
VPVassilios P. Papageorgiou
Vassilios P. Papageorgiou
AAAndreana N. Assimopoulou
Andreana N. Assimopoulou
DBDimitrios Boskou
Dimitrios Boskou

1 December 2008 in Current Medicinal Chemistry
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VPV. P. Papageorgiou
V. P. Papageorgiou
AAAndreana N. Assimopoulou
Andreana N. Assimopoulou
ABA. C. Ballis
A. C. Ballis
Alkannins and Shikonins (A/S) are chiral-pairs of naturally occurring isohexenylnaphthazarins. They are found in the external layer of the roots of at least a hundred and fifty species that belong mainly to the genera Alkanna, Lithospermum, Echium, Onosma and Arnebia of the Boraginaceae family. Their occurrence in Jatropha glandulifera, a member of the Euphorbiaceae, should be considered as an exception. Pharmaceutical formulations with wound healing properties based on A/S have been in the market for many years. Although their wound-healing, anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, antioxidant, antithrombotic and antitumor properties have been extensively documented, significant insight into their specific molecular pathways and mechanisms was hindered until recently. With the establishment of viable synthetic and biosynthetic routes of A/S and the synthesis of specific derivatives that were discovered the last few years, the effects of those compounds in the molecular-cell biology of human tissues in health and diseas have just started being explored in depth, revealing a new class of drugs that hold promise as the basis for many valuable therapeutic targets. In the recent years, a wealth of new information arising from research efforts, on the wound healing properties of A/S has been accumulated. In this paper we review the findings and advances on the molecular and biological properties of A/S that promote wound healing.

1 May 2011 in International Journal of Pharmaceutics
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Konstantinos N. KontogiannopoulosKonstantinos N. Kontogiannopoulos
Konstantinos N. Kontogiannopoulos
AAAndreana N. Assimopoulou
Andreana N. Assimopoulou
Ioannis TsivintzelisIoannis Tsivintzelis
Ioannis Tsivintzelis
CPCostas Panayiotou
Costas Panayiotou
VPVassilios P. Papageorgiou
Vassilios P. Papageorgiou

28 October 2004 in Biomedical Chromatography
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MAMaria A. Anagnostopoulou
Maria A. Anagnostopoulou
PKPanagiotis Kefalas
Panagiotis Kefalas
EKEugenios Kokkalou
Eugenios Kokkalou
AAAndreana N. Assimopoulou
Andreana N. Assimopoulou
VPVassilios P. Papageorgiou
Vassilios P. Papageorgiou