Laura Bragagna

• Master of Science
• PhD Student at University of Vienna

The roots and leaves of Cochlospermum planchonii and C. tinctorium are widely used in Burkina Faso as medication for malaria treatment. The cochloxanthins, carotenoids, are - at least partially - responsible for the antimalarial activity of Cochlospermum spp.. Because of large variation of cochloxanthin contents in rhizomes and leaves of Cochlosper...

Zusammenfassung: 30 Populationen (235 Einzelpflanzen) von zypriotischem Cistus creticus L. wurden hinsichtlich ihrer Polyphenol-Variabilität analysiert. Zu den wichtigsten identifizierten Verbindungen zählten Punicalagin und Punicalagingallat sowie verschiedene Glykoside von Myricetin (mit der Hauptverbindung Myricetin-3-O-Rhamnosid) und Quercetin...

This investigation focused on the qualitative and quantitative composition of polyphenolic compounds of Mediterranean northern shore Cistus creticus and six further, partly sympatric Cistus species (C. albidus, C. crispus, C. ladanifer, C. monspeliensis, C. parviflorus, C. salviifolius). Aqueous extracts of 1153 individual plants from 13 countries...

A high protein intake at old age is important for muscle protein synthesis, however, this could also trigger protein oxidation with the potential risk for DNA damage. The aim of this study was to investigate whether an increased protein intake at recommended level or well above would affect DNA damage or change levels of reduced (GSH) and oxidised...

The modes of interactions between plants and plant-associated microbiota are manifold, and secondary metabolites often play a central role in plant-microbe interactions. Abiotic and biotic (including both plant pathogens and endophytes) stress can affect the composition and concentration of secondary plant metabolites, and thus have an influence on...

A significant hurdle in untargeted lipid/metabolomics research lies in the absence of reliable, cross-validated spectral libraries, leading to a considerable portion of LC-MS features being labeled as unknowns. Despite continuous advancement in annotation tools and libraries, it is important to safeguard, publish and share acquired data through pub...

COVID-19 infections are accompanied by adverse changes in inflammatory pathways that are also partly influenced by increased oxidative stress and might result in elevated DNA damage. The aim of this case-control study was to examine whether COVID-19 patients show differences in oxidative stress-related markers, unconjugated bilirubin (UCB), an infl...

Glucose variability (GV), which describes fluctuations in blood glucose levels within the day, is a phenomenon that is increasingly becoming the target of scientific attention when it comes to increased risk of coronary heart disease. Effects of GV may contribute to the development of metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes. Hyperglycemia can lead t...

Older adults lack of proper physical activity which is often accompanied by vitamin D deficiency. Those factors are known to contribute to health issues in the later years of life. The main goal of this intervention study was to investigate the effect of different vitamin D supplementation strategies for 4 weeks solely or combined with a 10-week st...