Malvina Hoxha

@unizkm.al

Head of the Department of Chemical-Toxicological and Pharmacological Evaluation of Drugs, Faculty of Pharmacy
Catholic University Our Lady of Good Counsel

RESEARCH, TEACHING, or OTHER INTERESTS

Pharmacy, Pharmacology (medical), Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, Pharmaceutical Science
38

Scopus Publications

891

Scholar Citations

18

Scholar h-index

21

Scholar i10-index

Scopus Publications

RECENT SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Agro-Industrial Side Streams in Cosmetics: From Raw Materials to Scale-Up and Life Cycle Assessment Within a Circular Economy Framework
    M Hoxha, V Malaj, M Manconi, ML Manca
    Cosmetics 13 (3), 109 , 2026
    2026
  • Arachidonic Acid Mediators and Nrf2 in Neurodegenerative Diseases
    M Hoxha, D Tricarico, L Capobianco
    BIOCELL , 2026
    2026
  • Heavy metals contamination in Albanian Origanum vulgare L. and Salvia officinalis L.
    A Hodaj, E Domi, G Puleri, E Bej, R Cascella, M Hoxha, J Shehu, A Shehu
    Journal of Ecological Engineering 27 (8) , 2026
    2026
  • Health economic evaluations of myasthenia gravis: a systematic review
    F Çipi, C Koloneci, A Marku, K Domi, X Tahiraj, V Malaj, M Hoxha
    Croatian Medical Journal 66 (6), 436 , 2025
    2025
  • Natural Compounds Targeting SIRT1 and Beyond: Promising Nutraceutical Strategies Against Atherosclerosis
    E Domi, M Hoxha
    Nutrients 17 (21), 3316 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 7
  • An Overview of the Role of Medicinal Plants in Parkinson’s Disease: A Semi-Systematic Review
    H Haxhiu, M Hoxha, I Zela, B Zappacosta
    Biomedicines 13 (8), 2008 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 2
  • Mycotoxins and neuropsychiatric symptoms: possible role in special refugee populations
    M Hoxha, M Abbasciano, G Avantaggiato, B Zappacosta, D Tricarico
    Frontiers in Pharmacology 16, 1524152 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 7
  • A Questionnaire-based Survey of the Suspected Adverse Reactions Reporting Associated with Dietary and Herbal Supplements by Pharmacists and Patients in Albania
    H Haxhiu, M Hoxha, B Zappacosta, V Malaj, N Firza
    UNIVERSAL JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH 13 (1), 1-10 , 2025
    2025
  • Pharmacoeconomic Evaluation of Costs of Myelomeningocele and Meningocele Treatment and Screening
    M Hoxha, V Malaj, B Zappacosta, N Firza
    ClinicoEconomics and Outcomes Research, 69-80 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 1
  • Analysis of evidence on nutraceutical interventions for Peyronie’s disease: a guideline-based critical review
    D Tienforti, M Hoxha, AB Di Pasquale, V Rizza, A Barbonetti
    Sexual Medicine Reviews 12 (4), 747-753 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 3
  • Estimating the prevalence of cognitive impairment and its associated factors in Albania: a nationwide cross-sectional study
    M Hoxha, S Galgani, J Kruja, I Alimehmeti, V Rapo, F Çipi, D Tricarico, ...
    Brain Sciences 14 (10), 955 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 4
  • Aflatoxins cardiotoxicity and ways to mitigation in humans
    M Hoxha, M Abbasciano, B Zappacosta, G Avantaggiato, D Tricarico
    Atherosclerosis 395 , 2024
    2024
  • The Current State of Knowledge on Osteoporosis in Holocaust Survivors and Their Descendants
    M Hoxha, V Malaj
    Rambam Maimonides Medical Journal 15 (2), e0009 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 2
  • Reporting of adverse drug reactions by dentists and dental patients in Albania
    M Hoxha, E Spahiu, M Spahiu, B Zappacosta
    international dental journal 74 (2), 242-245 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 4
  • Health economic evaluations of hemochromatosis screening and treatment: a systematic review
    M Hoxha, V Malaj, B Zappacosta
    PharmacoEconomics-Open 8 (2), 147-170 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 5
  • An overview of Albanian Pharmacovigilance System and its harmonization with the European Pharmacovigilance Legislation
    M Hoxha, B Zappacosta, M Franco
    Biomedicine & Prevention Issues, 1 (249), 1-8 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 1
  • Anxiety and depression in geriatric hemodialysis patients: factors that influence the border of diseases
    B Elezi, E Abazaj, B Zappacosta, M Hoxha
    Frontiers in Psychology 14, 1281878 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 32
  • Respiratory symptoms and access to physiotherapy in children with cerebral palsy in Albania
    M Hoxha, V Malaj, E Prendi, B Zappacosta
    European Respiratory Journal 62 (suppl 67) , 2023
    2023
  • Meteoropathy: a review on the current state of knowledge
    M Hoxha, B Zappacosta
    Journal of medicine and life 16 (6), 837 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 16
  • Arachidonic acid pathways and male fertility: a systematic review
    M Hoxha, A Barbonetti, B Zappacosta
    International Journal of Molecular Sciences 24 (9), 8207 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 36

MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • A systematic review on the role of eicosanoid pathways in rheumatoid arthritis
    M Hoxha
    Advances in medical sciences 63 (1), 22-29 , 2018
    2018
    Citations: 109
  • Folic acid and autism: a systematic review of the current state of knowledge
    B Hoxha, M Hoxha, E Domi, J Gervasoni, S Persichilli, V Malaj, ...
    Cells 10 (8), 1976 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 103
  • What about COVID-19 and arachidonic acid pathway?
    M Hoxha
    European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 102
  • The leukotriene receptor antagonist montelukast and its possible role in the cardiovascular field
    M Hoxha, GE Rovati, AB Cavanillas
    European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology 73 (7), 799-809 , 2017
    2017
    Citations: 66
  • ATP-sensitive potassium channel subunits in neuroinflammation: novel drug targets in neurodegenerative disorders
    F Maqoud, R Scala, M Hoxha, B Zappacosta, D Tricarico
    CNS & Neurological Disorders-Drug Targets-CNS & Neurological Disorders) 21 … , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 42
  • CYP-derived eicosanoids: Implications for rheumatoid arthritis
    M Hoxha, B Zappacosta
    Prostaglandins & Other Lipid Mediators 146, 106405 , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 38
  • Arachidonic acid pathways and male fertility: a systematic review
    M Hoxha, A Barbonetti, B Zappacosta
    International Journal of Molecular Sciences 24 (9), 8207 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 36
  • Designing multitarget anti‐inflammatory agents: chemical modulation of the lumiracoxib structure toward dual thromboxane antagonists–COX‐2 inhibitors
    M Bertinaria, MAAG Shaikh, C Buccellati, C Cena, B Rolando, ...
    ChemMedChem 7 (9), 1647-1660 , 2012
    2012
    Citations: 36
  • Duchenne muscular dystrophy: Focus on arachidonic acid metabolites
    M Hoxha
    Biomedicine & pharmacotherapy 110, 796-802 , 2019
    2019
    Citations: 33
  • Anxiety and depression in geriatric hemodialysis patients: factors that influence the border of diseases
    B Elezi, E Abazaj, B Zappacosta, M Hoxha
    Frontiers in Psychology 14, 1281878 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 32
  • The Importance of Nutraceuticals in COVID-19: What’s the Role of Resveratrol?
    E Domi, M Hoxha, E Kolovani, D Tricarico, B Zappacosta
    Molecules 27 (8), 2376 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 32
  • A review on the role of fatty acids in colorectal cancer progression
    M Hoxha, B Zappacosta
    Frontiers in pharmacology 13, 1032806 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 30
  • Montelukast Use Decreases Cardiovascular Events in Asthmatics
    GE Hoxha, M., Tedesco, C. C., Quaglin, S., Malaj, V., Pustina, L., Capra, V ...
    Frontiers in Pharmacology 11 (611561), doi: 10.3389/fphar.2020.611561 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 25
  • Potential role of leukotriene receptor antagonists in reducing cardiovascular and cerbrovascular risk: a systematic review of human clinical trials and in vivo animal studies
    M Hoxha, AM Lewis-Mikhael, A Bueno-Cavanillas
    Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy 106, 956-965 , 2018
    2018
    Citations: 25
  • A potential role of PUFAs and COXIBs in cancer chemoprevention
    M Vara-Messler, C Buccellati, L Pustina, G Folco, GE Rovati, M Hoxha
    Prostaglandins & other lipid mediators 120, 97-102 , 2015
    2015
    Citations: 25
  • Dentists knowledge about over the counter-NSAIDs: An emerging need for NSAID-avoidance education
    M Hoxha, V Malaj, E Spahiu, M Spahiu
    Journal of Applied Pharmaceutical Science 10 (1), 070-076 , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 19
  • A Systematic Review on the Role of Arachidonic Acid Pathway in Multiple Sclerosis
    Malvina Hoxha et al.
    CNS & Neurological Disorders - Drug Targets , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 18
  • In vitro pharmacological evaluation of multitarget agents for thromboxane prostanoid receptor antagonism and COX-2 inhibition
    M Hoxha, C Buccellati, V Capra, D Garella, C Cena, B Rolando, ...
    Pharmacological Research 103, 132-143 , 2016
    2016
    Citations: 18
  • Meteoropathy: a review on the current state of knowledge
    M Hoxha, B Zappacosta
    Journal of medicine and life 16 (6), 837 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 16
  • Compatibility of prolonged infusion antibiotics during Y‐site administration
    M Nunez‐Nunez, M Murillo‐Izquierdo, M Moya‐Martin, M Hoxha, ...
    Nursing in critical care 27 (6), 849-858 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 12