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dizione numero quindici per il congresso della Società Italiana Edi Fitochimica (SIF), in calenda- rio dal 28 al 30 giugno a Pisa, presso la Sala Convegni – Polo Piagge dell’Univer- sità, in via Matteotti, 11. Il XV Congresso Nazionale della SIF si svolge in contemporanea con il 1° Congresso Internazionale sulla piante commestibili, medicinali e aromatiche (1st International Congress on Edible, Medicinal and Aromatic Plants - ICE- MAP 2017). Il Congresso ha inizio nel pomeriggio di mercoledì 28 giugno con due conferen- ze plenarie e continuerà il giovedi 29 e il venerdì 30 con ulteriori conferenze plenarie, letture brevi, presentazioni di poster e la tavola rotonda sulle più re- centi questioni relative ai botanicals. La lingua ufficiale è l’inglese e non è prevista alcuna traduzione simultanea delle varie relazioni. Ecco in sintesi gli argomenti affrontati nel corso del Congresso. - Plants and the environment, biodiversity and conservation. - Edible, medicinal and aromatic plants: from the field to the final product. - Isolation and structural elucidation of natural products and their bioactivity. - Edible plants with health‐promoting properties. - Plant biotechnology. - Synthetic approach to natural pro- ducts. - Production and formulation technolo- gy of herbal products, botanicals and cosmetics. - Plants and natural products in veteri- nary medicine. 56 t natural 1 giugno 2017 INVITED SPEAKER INVITED SPEAKER TITLE Bucci M. Enrico Research Integrity and Misconduct: General Considerations and Notable Cases in Plant Biology Choi Young Hae Natural deep eutectic solvents: a potential media for natural products research Colombini Maria Perla Macromolecules in archaeological findings to disclose ancient secrets and daily life Efferth Thomas Microarray-based profiling of natural product inhibitors of NF-κB Peruzzi Lorenzo The role of chemosystematics in biodiversity studies COMUNICAZIONI ORALI CONTRIBUTOR TITLE Argentieri Maria Pia et al Chemistry and biodiversity of genus Achillea Ascrizzi Roberta et al Wild harenna coffee: flavor profiling from the cherry to the cup Bottone Alfredo et al Flavonoids and terpenes from the leaves of the Italian almond varieties “Mandorla di Toritto” and “Mandorla d’Avola” Brighenti Virginia et al Metabolite profiling of anthocyanins inVaccinium myrtillus L. berries and food products Cosci Francesca et al Bioactivity of Cinnamomum verum essential oil against Varroa destructor, parasitic mite of Apis mellifera D’Ambola Massimiliano et al Antibacterial activity of constituents of Psiadia punctulata DC (Vatke) (Asteraceae) El Gendy AG Nasser et al Growth, Yield and chemical composition of essential oil of Mentha piperita var. multymentha grown under different agro-ecological locations in Egypt Giacomelli Chiara et al Effect of Ribes nigrum bud extract on human gingival mesenchymal stem cell cytokine release: a role on regenerative processes Giuliani Claudia et al Volatile profile of perennial leaves of seven cultivated species of Ceratozamia (cycads) Jameel Bzour Immunomodulatory potential of the Mediterranean sage (Salvia fruticosa) in adjuvant-induced arthritis in rats Lucarini Elena et al Tuscan black kale as source of compounds active on chemotherapy-in duced neuropathic pain: a hypothesis about the mechanism of action Maggi Filippo et al Evaluation of Hypericum androsaemum L. red fruit effects in a mouse model of post-stroke depression Marrelli Mariangela et al Echinophora tenuifolia L. aerial parts: phytochemical constituents and antiproliferative activity against human cancer cell lines Petretto Giacomo et al Volatile organic compounds and antioxidant activity of non-polar extract from Saffron stamens harvested in Morocco Piazzini Vieri et al Solid lipid nanoparticles for oral delivery of silibinin: formulation, characterization and in vitro evaluation using pampa and caco-2 cell models Pozzo Luisa et al Chemical characterization of blackthron (Prunus spinosa) fruit and evaluation of its protective effect against hepatic steatosis in rats Rigano Daniela et al Phytochemical investigation on the Northern African endemic plant Daucus virgatus Sgorbini Barbara et al Artemisia umbelliformis Lam. and génépi liqueur. From the field to the final product: the importance of the volatile fraction in quality control Smeriglio Antonella et al Polyphenolic profile and fatty acids composition of seed oils and their byproducts from Cannabis sativa L. varieties with potential health-promoting properties Sylwester S´ lusarczyk et al Practical aspects of using metabolomic approach in medicinal plants analysis focusing on roots from aeroponics. Taddeo Vito Alessandro et al HPLC investigation of the nutraceutical composition of the edible herb Amaranthus re- troflexus L. Tardugno Roberta et al Phytochemical analysis of Cichorium intybus L. varieties from Veneto (Italy) region by means of HPLC-UV/DAD and HPLC-MS/MS Testai Lara et al The Citrus flavonoid, naringenin, protects the myocardium against ageing. Vassallo Antonio et al in-cells antioxidant potential of herbal preparations and components from Galactites elegans giugno 2017 natural 1 t 57 ABSTRACT RESEARCH INTEGRITY AND MISCON- Plant Biology is not exempt; while one could DUCT: GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS think that most of the dishonest behaviour would AND NOTABLE CASES be limited to those research fields where larger IN PLANT BIOLOGY funding is available, such as biomedical sciences, in facts some of the most notable cases of recent Enrico M. Bucci scientific misconduct are to be found among people pretending to study plant molecular biology. I think Sbarro Health Research Organization, Temple University, that all of us should know what is going on – what Philadelphia, U.S.A. are we risking, who are the fraudsters, what we can [email protected] do and what responsibility every single citizen has in knowing what Science really is – and what is not. When I started my activity in biomedical data anal- ysis, I was fully convinced that Science could cor- MACROMOLECULES IN rect itself – and researchers as a community were ARCHAEOLO-GICAL FINDINGS motivated into telling the truth, notwithstanding TO DISCLOSE ANCIENT SECRETS some notable exception. In Science, every research- AND DAILY LIFE er builds upon trusted results obtained by others; which was exactly what I wanted to do, albeit on Maria Perla Colombini a scale larger than usual – aggregating the full bio- medical literature in a single database, crossing data Dipartimento di Chimica e Chimica Industriale, University of from different sources and finding new potential an- Pisa Istituto per la Conservazione e Valorizzazione dei Beni Culturali swers to diverse scientific problems using the pow- – CNR er of informatics to get it quick and easy. Trusting [email protected] each other experimental findings is the usual habit Since ancient times, a wide variety of natural or- of researchers in every discipline – and I used to ganic materials have been used as adhesives, seal- perceive errors in Science as honest or due to slop- ants, painting and coating materials. Proteins, oils, py science, not to some bad and concealed purpose. gums, natural resins and resinous materials played It then came as a shock to me, when with my small a prominent role, since their intrinsic properties group and armed with the proper technology, we meant that they could be used not only as paint- discovered that, far from being an exception, the ing materials, adhesives, hydro-repellents, coating three cardinal sins of scientific fraud – data and ex- and sealing agents, but also as flavours, incense, in- periment fabrication, falsification and plagiarism – gredients for cosmetics, medicines and mummifica- are largely diffuse in the current scientific record, at tion balms. The chemical characterization of such such a rate that scientific fraud is becoming a seri- organic materials when properly integrated with ous issue. I started writing to scientific journals, to related information from historical sources and uncover potential frauds, ending up into involving archaeological data, has in the last few years con- the police for investigating some serious case. siderably improved our knowledge of painting tech- That because Science is not simply a cultural ex- niques, crafts and technologies of the past, and has ercise; it must help all of us in discriminating facts provided archaeologists with valuable information. from fictions and in making the right predictions, In fact, identifying specific materials from molecu- not to mention its role in the technological develop- lar patterns helps in assessing the role that these ment and in the general progress of humanity. The substances played and in determining the use of ar- human society as a whole, cannot allow the poison- tefacts on which these residues survive. The characterisation of organic materials in archae- ing of the very essence of Science – i.e. the unbiased ology is a challenge for a chemist, due not only to collection of facts to be screened with a method able the complexity of the chemical composition of the to discriminate whether a given hypothesis is true natural substances that may be present alone and or not. in mixtures, but also to changes in the chemical While fraud in science is not a new thing nor un- composition as a consequence of human activities. expected, given the human nature of scientists, the For instance, heating processes applied to plant scale at which today is occurring is previously un- resins deeply modified their chemical