Abstract: A composition in powder form comprising alginic acid or sodium alginate, -pectin and chitosan, wherein the % by weight of the polysaccharides is at least 20% with respect to the total weight of the powder, the process for preparing the powder and its use in the treatment of cutaneous wounds and in the sector of food preservation are described.

Abstract: The object of the present invention is a composition in powder form comprising the following polysaccharides alginic acid or sodium alginate,—pectin, chitosan, wherein the % by weight of the polysaccharides is at least 20% with respect to the total weight of the powder. The process for preparing said powder by an atomization process and its use in the treatment of cutaneous wounds and in the sector of food preservation are additional objects of the invention. Moreover, additional objects of the invention are the composition in the form of solution or liquid suspension that represents the starting material to obtain said powder and the process for preparing said liquid composition.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use as a biomarker of the active form of a human caspase protein, preferably the human caspase-4 or caspase-1, or of the active form of the protein encoded by an orthologue gene of the human caspase protein, preferably by an orthologue gene of the human caspase-4, for example the murine caspase-11 protein, in a method of diagnosis and/or prognosis and/or of monitoring the progression of a tumor, particularly lung cancer.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use as a biomarker of the active form of a human caspase protein, preferably the human caspase-4 or caspase-1, or of the active form of the protein encoded by an orthologue gene of the human caspase protein, preferably by an orthologue gene of the human caspase-4, for example the murine caspase-11 protein, in a method of diagnosis and/or prognosis and/or of monitoring the progression of a tumor, particularly lung cancer.

Abstract: The present invention relates to gastroresistant and enterosoluble microparticulate systems for the encapsulation of biologically active substances selected from: flavonoids, vitamins, antioxidants, immunostimulants, starchy and non-starchy polysaccharides, probiotics, prebiotics, intestinal trophism regulators, oligoelements, enzymes and bioactive peptides. Such microparticulate systems allow the administration of the aforementioned nutraceutic substances to animals such as porcines, bovines, caprines, ovines, equids, canids, felines, camelids, lagomorphs, rodents, fowl, and other mammals, including humans, fish and crustaceans, increasing the bioavailability.