Antonio Vassallo is a Professor in Technology, Socioeconomics and Regulation of Medicinal and Health and Wellbeing Products, Department of Health Sciences at the University of Basilicata, Italy. His main field of research deals with studies of the formulation, preparation, and control of synthetic or biologically active compounds isolated from food and medicinal plants in conventional and innovative dosage forms. He isolated and characterized a large number of new natural compounds and evaluated the in vitro and in vivo biological activity of extracts and isolated compounds from studied plants.