Giovanni Monastra

No ORCID on file · 2 papers in corpus

review 2024

d-Chiro-Inositol in Clinical Practice: A Perspective from the Experts Group on Inositol in Basic and Clinical Research (EGOI)

Gynecologic and obstetric investigation ·doi:10.1159/000536081

BACKGROUND: d-Chiro-inositol is a natural molecule that, in association with its well-studied isomer myo-inositol, may play a role in treating various metabolic and gynecological disorders. OBJECTIVES: This perspective seeks to explore the…

nonrandomized-trial 2021

D-chiro-inositol, an aromatase down-modulator, increases androgens and reduces estrogens in male volunteers: a pilot study

Basic and clinical andrology ·doi:10.1186/s12610-021-00131-x

BACKGROUND: Androgen deficiency affects men in the adulthood, causing several harmful effects at the reproductive and behavioural levels. Since aromatase is an enzyme that catalyses the conversion of androgens to estrogens, and it is respon…