Antioxidant, antimicrobial and cytotoxic activity of selected macroalgae from the Adriatic Sea (Boka Kotorska Bay, Montenegro)
In this study, the antioxidant, antimicrobial, and cytotoxic activities of Codium bursa, Codium effusum, Laurencia obtusa and Padina pavonica from the Adriatic Sea were investigated. The antioxidant activities were characterized by the DPPH (1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl) method and their total phenolic and flavonoid contents were quantified. The a...
By Sanja Sovran, Aleksandar Knežević, Jasmina Glamočlija, Ana Ćirić, Tatjana Stanojkovic, Vesna Mačić, Jelena Krizmanić, Danijela Vidaković
GC/MS analysis and antimicrobial activity of essential oils of Telekia speciosa (Schreb.) Baumg.
Telekia speciosa (Schreb.) Baumg., Asteraceae, is widespread in Eastern and Central Europe and the Balkan Peninsula. Previous phytochemical investigations have revealed T. speciosa as a rich source of sesquiterpene lactone – isoalantolactone, especially in its underground parts. The aim of the present study was to analyze the essential oils f...
By Ermina Cilović-Kozarević, Broza Šarić-Kundalić, Merima Ibišević, Emir Horozić, Jasmina Glamočlija, Marina Soković, Jelena Arsenijević, Zoran Maksimović
Fungi an source with huge potential for “mushroom pharmaceuticals”
Mushrooms for ages have been used by humans, not only as a source of food, but medicinal resources as well. They were used as a part of traditional medicine, first of all in the civilizations of the East and recentlly in Western civilizations. The mushrooms constitute 16,000 species worldwide with more than 2000 species identified as safe. Among th...
By Jasmina Glamočlija, Marina Soković
SUSCEPTIBILITY OF ORAL CANDIDA SPP. REFERENCE STRAINS AND CLINICAL ISOLATES TO SELECTED ESSENTIAL OILS OF APIACEAE SPECIES
The aim of this study was to investigate the chemical composition and antifungal activity of four essential oils from Apiaceae family, Pastinaca sativa, Foeniculum vulgare, Pimpinella anisum and Anethum graveolens, against Candida spp. reference strains and clinical isolates from human oral cavities. Chemical analysis of the essential oils (GCFID a...
By Miloš Nikolić, Tatjana Marković, Ana Ćirić, Jasmina Glamočlija, Dejan Marković, Marina Soković
CHEMICAL COMPOSITION AND ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY OF PEPPERMINT ESSENTIAL OIL (Mentha piperita L.)
The aim of this study was to investigate the chemical composition and antimicrobial activity of essential oils of peppermint Mentha piperita L. GC / MS techniques confirmed the presence of the 48 components of which menthol (35.57 %) and menthone (22.50 %) were the most abundant. Antimicrobial activity, ie the minimum inhibitory and minimum bacteri...
By Miloš Nikolić, Jasmina Glamočlija, Ana Ćirić, Tatjana Marković, Dejan Marković, Tamara Perić, Marina Soković