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11.12.2015. Pregledni rad – Review Paper
PHARMACOLOGICAL PROFILE OF TURMERIC OIL: A REVIEW

Turmeric (Curcuma longa ) is a medicinal plant of the family Zingiberaceae widely growing throughout India. Turmeric oil is secondary metabolite of turmeric and obtained by steam distillation of its rhizomes. Turmeric oil a lipophilic fraction from turmeric, exhibits several therapeutic potentials. Turmeric oil chiefly comprises arturmerone and &be...

By Suruchi Verma, Vikas Kumar

21.10.2015. Pregledni rad – Review Paper
DILL IN TRADITIONAL MEDICINE AND MODERN PHYTOTHERAPY

Due to numerous side effects of synthetic remedies, people are turning increasingly to phytotherapy, which is based on the use of medicinal herbs. Pharmaceutical industry shows great interest in the usage of plants as raw materials in the remedy production. In the past ten years, a large number of in vitro and clinical studies focused on the therap...

By Milica Aćimović, Nataša Milić

Physical methods for weeds suppression in cultivation encompass many methods but our article focuses on application of various mulches. They belong to integrated non-chemical weed management strategies and are very useful in organic farming. Mulching might be performed either by the use of biodegradable mulching materials or by various mulch films....

By Ana Matković, Dragana Božić, Vladimir Filipović, Dragoja Radanović, Sava Vrbničanin, Tatjana Marković

17.12.2015. Pregledni rad – Review Paper
STABILITY TESTING OF HERBAL MEDICINES

Nowdays, the use of products based on medicinal herbs (phytopreparates) are in scientific focus, both in prevention or in treatment of various diseases. Herbal products have been recognized as an excellent source of bioactive compounds which have positive effects on human health. Beside teas, as standard herbal products, phytopreparations are much ...

By Nada Ćujić, Svetlana Ibrić, Dubravka Bigović, Nebojša Noveski, Katarina Šavikin

Fennel (Foeniculum vulgare Mill.) is aromatic plant from Apiaceae family. There are two types that have commercial importance, sweet fennel Foeniculum vulgare var. dulce, and bitter fennel – Foeniculum vulgare var. vulgare. The aim of this study was to examine the quality of essential oil of the fruits of these two varieties. Plants were grow...

By Milica Aćimović, Nataša Milić

21.11.2015. Originalan naučni rad– Original scientific paper
VALERIAN ROOTS (VALERIANA OFFICINALIS L.) PRODUCED IN AUTUMN AND SPRING PLANTING DATE

This paper examines the influence of agro-ecological conditions and plantation periods on the occurrence of planting dates of flower stalks, offering fresh and dried valerian root. The aim of this paper is to solve one of the technological unknowns in primary production of valerian roots, where one group of manufacturers base their production on fa...

By Vladimir Filipović, Milica Aćimović, Vladan Ugrenović, Dragoja Radanović, Tatjana Marković, Vera Popović, Ana Matković

23.11.2015. Originalan naučni rad– Original scientific paper
ANTIOXIDANT AND ANTIMICROBIAL POTENTIAL OF OPOPANAX HISPIDUS(APIACEAE) EXTRACTS

The present study was aimed to investigate antioxidant and antimicrobial potential of methanol and ethyl-acetate extracts from dried aerial parts, inflorescences and fruits of Opopanax hispidus (Friv.) Griseb., fam. Apiaceae. The antioxidant potential was evaluated with the help of two in vitro antioxidant models – DPPH and ABTS assays and es...

By Jelena Matejić, Ana Džamić, Tatjana Mihajilov-Krstev, Vladimir Ranđelović, Petar Marin

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

14.12.2015. Originalan naučni rad– Original scientific paper
IN VITRO ANTIFUNGAL POTENTIAL OF BACILLUS SPP. ISOLATES AS BIOCONTROL AGENTS

Plant diseases caused by infection with pathogenic fungi can lead to the reduction in the capacity of plant growth or can cause far more serious damage, leading to the death of plants and significant losses in food production. Numerous recent studies are devoted to the investigation of bacteria from genus Bacillus as producers of secondary metaboli...

By Ivica Dikić, Tatjana Stević, Tanja Berić, Ivan Nikolić, Tamara Janakiev, Đorđe Fira, Slaviša Stanković

The aim of this study was to show the results of the perennial fennel (Foeniculum vulgare Mil) production in an isolation zone of organic production. Since this plant species is being used in the pharmaceutical and food industry, its production in an organic farming system has special significance. Isolation zone was founded on an organic demo fiel...

By Vladan Ugrenović, Vladimir Filipović, Stojan Jevremović, Milan Ugrinović