About the Authors

Silvia Turroni

Contributed equally to this work with: Silvia Turroni, Manlio Tolomeo

Affiliation Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

Manlio Tolomeo

Contributed equally to this work with: Silvia Turroni, Manlio Tolomeo

Affiliation Interdepartmental Center of Research in Clinical Oncology and Department of Infectious Diseases, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy

Gianfranco Mamone

Affiliation Institute of Food Science, CNR, Avellino, Italy

Gianluca Picariello

Affiliation Institute of Food Science, CNR, Avellino, Italy

Elisa Giacomini

Affiliation Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

Patrizia Brigidi

Affiliation Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

Marinella Roberti

marinella.roberti@unibo.it

Affiliation Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

Stefania Grimaudo

Affiliation Interdepartmental Center of Research in Clinical Oncology and Department of Infectious Diseases, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy

Rosaria Maria Pipitone

Affiliation Interdepartmental Center of Research in Clinical Oncology and Department of Infectious Diseases, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy

Antonietta Di Cristina

Affiliation Interdepartmental Center of Research in Clinical Oncology and Department of Infectious Diseases, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy

Maurizio Recanatini

Affiliation Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: M. Roberti PB M. Recanatini ST MT. Performed the experiments: ST MT EG GM GP SG RMP ADC. Analyzed the data: M. Roberti ST MT GM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PB MT M. Recanatini GM M. Roberti. Wrote the paper: M. Recanatini M. Roberti ST MT PB.