Liliana Gianfreda
Liliana Gianfreda was born in Naples, Italy, in 1945, she received the Ph.D. degree in chemistry at Faculty of Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Professor Liliana Gianfreda is a Full Professor of Agricultural Biochemistry at the University of Naples Federico II, and a Coordinator of the Joint International Research Doctorate, Italy, Chile, in environmental resource sciences. She was a Visiting Scientist at Pennsylvania State University, Universidada Estadual de Campinas, Sao Paolo, Brasil, and Universidad De La Frontera, Temuco, Chile. Professor Gianfreda has coordinated and has been partner of several National and International (EU) research projects and a President of the Commission “Soil Biology” of the Italian Soil Science Society, and a Member of several national and international scientific societies. Professor Gianfreda is referee to Soil Biology & Biochemistry, Soil Science, Soil Science Society of American Journal, Journal of Environmental Quality, Enzyme & Microbial Tecnology, Biology & Fertility of Soil, Chemosphere, Geoderma, European Journal of Soil Science. She is author or coauthor of more than 170 papers and eleven book chapters, Editor of three books. Professor Gianfreda attended several national and international conferences as an invited lecturer. She chaired and was member of the Scientific Committee of National and International Congresses. Her main scientific interests are in the area of environmental enzymology and biotechnology and of bioremediation of polluted environments by using natural and model systems.
Biography Updated on 16 October 2007
Articles in Scholarly Journals [Incomplete List]
- Biodegradation of phenanthrene and analysis of degrading cultures in the presence of a model organo-mineral matrix and of a simulated NAPL phase
Biodegradation, 2007 - Bioremediation and monitoring of aromatic-polluted habitats
Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, vol. 76, no. 2, pp. 287–308, 2007 - Fate of prions in soil: Interaction of a recombinant ovine prion protein with synthetic humic-like mineral complexes
Soil Biology and Biochemistry, vol. 39, no. 2, pp. 493–504, 2007 - Effects of compost and of bacterial cells on the decontamination and the chemical and biological properties of an agricultural soil artificially contaminated with phenanthrene
Soil Biology and Biochemistry, vol. 39, no. 6, pp. 1303–1317, 2007 -
Manganese and molybdenum affect acid phosphatases from potatoes
Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica, Section B - Plant Soil Science, vol. 57, no. 1, pp. 65–73, 2007 - Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, vol. 54, no. 18, pp. 6776–6782, 2006
- Oxidative catalysts for the transformation of phenolic pollutants: a brief review
Biocatalysis and Biotransformation, vol. 24, no. 3, pp. 177–187, 2006 - Impact of river overflowing on trace element contamination of volcanic soils in south Italy: Part II. Soil biological and biochemical properties in relation to trace element speciation
Environmental Pollution, vol. 144, no. 1, pp. 317–326, 2006 - Short-term effects of olive mill waste water (OMW) on chemical and biochemical properties of a semiarid Mediterranean soil
Soil Biology and Biochemistry, vol. 38, no. 3, pp. 600–610, 2006 - Development and validation of numerical indexes integrating enzyme activities of soils
Soil Biology and Biochemistry, vol. 38, no. 7, pp. 1673–1681, 2006 - Bioavailability of phenanthrene in the presence of birnessite-mediated catechol polymers
Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, vol. 68, no. 1, pp. 131–139, 2005 - Soil enzyme activities as affected by anthropogenic alterations: intensive agricultural practices and organic pollution
Science of The Total Environment, vol. 341, no. 1-3, pp. 265–279, 2005 - Potential of extra cellular enzymes in remediation of polluted soils: a review
Enzyme and Microbial Technology, vol. 35, no. 4, pp. 339–354, 2004 - Bacterial communities and enzyme activities of PAHs polluted soils
Chemosphere, vol. 57, no. 5, pp. 401–412, 2004 - Oxidative transformation of phenols in aqueous mixtures
Water Research, vol. 37, no. 13, pp. 3205–3215, 2003 - Effect of air-drying treatment on enzymatic activities of soils affected by anthropogenic activities
Biology and Fertility of Soils, vol. 38, no. 5, pp. 327–332, 2003 - Applications of laccases and tyrosinases (phenoloxidases) immobilized on different supports: a review
Enzyme and Microbial Technology, vol. 31, no. 7, pp. 907–931, 2002 - Properties of acid phosphatase–tannic acid complexes formed in the presence of Fe and Mn
Soil Biology and Biochemistry, vol. 32, no. 13, pp. 1921–1926, 2000 - Interaction of acid phosphatase with clays, organic molecules and organo-mineral complexes: kinetics and stability
Soil Biology and Biochemistry, vol. 32, no. 7, pp. 1007–1014, 2000 - Fate of herbicides influenced by biotic and abiotic interactions
Chemosphere, vol. 39, no. 2, pp. 333–341, 1999 - Laccases: A Useful Group of Oxidoreductive Enzymes
Bioremediation Journal, vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 1–26, 1999 - Bioavailability of 2,4-D sorbed to a chlorite-like complex
Chemosphere, vol. 39, no. 2, pp. 285–291, 1999 - Environmental Science & Technology, vol. 33, no. 23, pp. 4221–4225, 1999
- Formation and characterization of OH–Al–humate–montmorillonite complexes
Organic Geochemistry, vol. 30, no. 6, pp. 461–468, 1999 - Dephenolisation of olive mill waste-waters by olive husk
Water Research, vol. 33, no. 13, pp. 3046–3050, 1999 - Catalytic behavior and detoxifying ability of a laccase from the fungal strain Cerrena unicolor
Journal of Molecular Catalysis B: Enzymatic, vol. 4, no. 1-2, pp. 13–23, 1998 - Interactions between tannic acid and acid phosphatase
Soil Biology and Biochemistry, vol. 30, no. 1, pp. 111–112, 1998 - Adsorption-desorption of 2,4-D by hydroxy aluminium montmorillonite complexes
Pesticide Science, vol. 51, no. 4, pp. 429–435, 1997 - Soil Science, vol. 161, no. 11, pp. 751–760, 1996
- Sorption of phosphate and oxalate by a synthetic aluminium hydroxysulphate complex
European Journal of Soil Science, vol. 47, no. 2, pp. 241–247, 1996 - Pesticide effects on the activity of free, immobilized and soil invertase
Soil Biology and Biochemistry, vol. 27, no. 9, pp. 1201–1208, 1995 - Kinetics of enzyme deactivation: a case study
Catalysis Today, vol. 22, no. 3, pp. 489–510, 1994 - Activity of free and immobilized urease in soil: Effects of pesticides
Soil Biology and Biochemistry, vol. 26, no. 6, pp. 777–784, 1994 - Influence of pesticides on the activity and kinetics of invertase, urease and acid phosphatase enzymes
Pesticide Science, vol. 39, no. 3, pp. 237–244, 1993 - Adsorption, activity and kinetic properties of urease on montmorillonite, aluminium hydroxide and AL(OH)x-montmorillonite complexes
Soil Biology and Biochemistry, vol. 24, no. 1, pp. 51–58, 1992 - Thermal equivalence criteria in the chemical deactivation and stabilization of acid phosphatase
Enzyme and Microbial Technology, vol. 13, no. 4, pp. 353–358, 1991 - Enzyme stabilization: state of the art
Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, vol. 100, no. 2, 1991 - Microenvironmental effect of stabilizing polylectroytes in ultrafiltration membrane enzymatic reactors
Biotechnology and Bioengineering, vol. 33, no. 8, pp. 1067–1071, 1989 - Microenvironmental Effect of Charged Polymeric Networks on Enzyme Performance
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, vol. 501, no. 1 Enzyme Engine, pp. 108–112, 1987 - Deactivation of free and stabilized acid phosphatase by urea
Biotechnology and Bioengineering, vol. 28, no. 11, pp. 1647–1652, 1986 - The use of synthetic polymers for preventing enzyme thermal inactivation: Some comments on the paper by Alfani and coworkers
Biotechnology Letters, vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 65–68, 1985 - Enzyme stabilization towards thermal, chemical and proteolytic deactivation
Enzyme and Microbial Technology, vol. 7, no. 2, pp. 78–82, 1985 - Series mechanism of enzyme deactivation. Characterization of intermediate forms
Biotechnology and Bioengineering, vol. 27, no. 6, pp. 877–882, 1985 - Acid phosphatase deactivation by a series mechanism
Biotechnology and Bioengineering, vol. 26, no. 5, pp. 518–527, 1984 - An experimental technique for the discrimination between series and parallel mechanisms of enzyme deactivation
Biotechnology Letters, vol. 6, no. 11, pp. 693–697, 1984 - Immobilization of Purified Penicillin Acylase in a Polarized Ultrafiltration Membrane Reactor
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, vol. 434, no. 1, pp. 127–130, 1984 - Purified penicillin acylase performance in a stabilized ultrafiltration membrane reactor
European Journal of Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, vol. 18, no. 6, pp. 333–338, 1983 - ß-?-Glucosidase stabilization in a polarized ultrafiltration membrane reactor
Enzyme and Microbial Technology, vol. 4, no. 5, pp. 322–326, 1982 - The stabilizing effect of soluble macromolecules on enzyme performance
Biotechnology Letters, vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 33–38, 1981 - A new method of whole microbial cell immobilization
European Journal of Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, vol. 11, no. 1, pp. 6–7, 1980 - THE EFFECT OF SUBSTRATE MASS TRANSFER LIMITATIONS IN AN IMMOBILIZED ENZYME MEMBRANE REACTOR
Chemical Engineering Communications, vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 145–157, 1980 - Distribution of ß-1,4-glucanase and ß-glucosidase activities among marine molluscs with different feeding habits
Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part B: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, vol. 63, no. 3, pp. 345–348, 1979 - Theoretical and experimental analysis of a soluble enzyme membrane reactor
Biotechnology and Bioengineering, vol. 21, no. 8, pp. 1421–1438, 1979 - Enzyme inactivation and stabilization studies in an ultrafiltration reactor
European Journal of Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, vol. 8, no. 4, pp. 249–261, 1979 - Cellulase and related enzyme activities in a carnivorous mollusc: Octopus vulgaris lamarck
Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part B: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, vol. 52, no. 4, pp. 529–532, 1975 - Inhibition of amylases from different origins by albumins from the wheat kernel
Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Enzymology, vol. 391, no. 1, pp. 170–178, 1975 - Interaction of the aspartate aminotransferase apoenzyme and the phosphate esters of some stilboestrol analogues
Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, vol. 4, no. 2, pp. 125–129, 1974 - Effect of phosphate esters of oestradiol and oestrone on the reconstitution of aspartate aminotransferase
Journal of Steroid Biochemistry, vol. 5, no. 6, pp. 573–576, 1974