MEDICINAL POTENTIAL OF CUCURBITA POLYSACCHARIDES
Pumpkin has been used frequently as functional food or medicine. In recent years due to numerous pharmacological effects, pumpkin polysaccahrides attract increased attention from researchers. Different investigations showed their antidiabetic, antioxidant, hypolipidemic, antibacterial and antitussive effect. Since most of the studies with pumpkin p...
By Jelena Živković, Katarina Šavikin, Gordana Zdunić, Teodora Janković
IN VITRO PRODUCTION OF CHLOROGENIC ACID IN CULTURE OF TRANSFORMED CICHORIUM INTYBUS L. PLANTS
Chicory (Cichorium intybus L.) is traditionally recognized for its anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, anticancer and nutritive properties. Among active secondary metabolites detected in chicory, the most important are sesquiterpene lactones and phenolics, including chlorogenic acid (CA). Hereby we have analyzed the content of CA in previously obtain...
By Milica Bogdanović, Milan Dragićević, Angelina Subotić, Ana Simonović, Slađana Todorović
BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY AND ETHNOMEDICINAL USE OF Thymus vulgaris AND Thymus serpyllum
The Lamiaceae family, which contains about 200 genus and 3000 species, has a cosmopolitan distribution. Plants of this family are rich in essential oils and phenol compounds. Thymus vulgaris (Thyme) is perennial, subshrub plant which belongs to family of Labiates. Calyx and corolla are covered by dense gleaming glands that eradiate essential oil. L...
By Aleksandar Čančarević, Branko Bugarski, Katarina Šavikin, Gordana Zdunić
ANTHOCYANINS – CHEMISTRY AND BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY
Anthocyanins are a group of over 500 different compounds that cause red, purple and blue colours of many plants, especially fruits, vegetables and cereals. Anthocyanins structuraly belong to flavones. Mainly fruit is considered the main source of anthocyanins , although they are present in vegetables, roots, bulbs, fruit pulps, pulses and cer...
By Nada Ćujić, Tatjana Kundaković, Katarina Šavikin
ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY OF ESSENTIAL OILS ON SALLMONELA SPP. IN MEAT AND MEAT PRODUCTS
The burden of diseases caused by food-borne pathogens remains one of the main health, but also economic concern. In spite of improvement in production techniques, hygiene and control measures made by food industry during recent years, Salmonella spp. together with some others bacteria present a cause of millions episodes of illness annually, from w...
By Marija Bošković, Milan Baltić, Jelena Janjić, Marija Dokmanović, Jelena Ivanović, Tatjana Marković, Radmila Marković
DETERMINATION OF AUCUBIN BY HPLC AND HPTLC METHODS IN METHANOLIC EXTRACTS OF Veronica montana, Veronica beccabunga AND Veronica polita
In the present study, methanolic extracts of three Veronica species, namely Veronica montana, Veronica beccabunga and Veronica polita, were analyzed for the total iridoids, total phenylethanoids and total phenolics contents. The results showed that iridoid glycosides are the major class of tested secondary metabolites in selected Veronica species. ...
By Jelena Živković, Teodora Janković, Zoran Maksimović
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
CALCULATION OF COST PRICE FOR PRODUCTION OF ANISE FRUIT AND ANISE ESSENTIAL OIL BY APPLICATION OF FERTILIZERS USED IN ORGANIC AND CONVENTIONAL GROWING SYSTEMS
Anise is an annual plant from family Apiaceae, originating from Egypt, Greece, Crete and Asia Minor, that has been cultivated since ancient times. During the Middle Ages its cultivation spread throughout Europe, all the way to Great Britain. However, in the northern parts of Europe, due to insufficient hours of sunshine and sum of effective tempera...
By Milica Aćimović, Snežana Oljača, Dušan Kovačević, Vladimir Filipović, Slavoljub Tasić, Vele Tešević
SEED QUALITY AND SWELLING INDEX OF MARSHMALLOW (Althaea officinalis L.), LINSEED (Linum usitatissimum L.) AND FENUGREEK (Trigonella foenum graecum L.) SEED
This paper presents different quality parameters of the seeds of three cultivated medicinal plant species investigated: marshmallow (Althaea officinalis L.), flax (Linum usitatissimum L.) and fenugreek (Trigonella foenum graecum L.). For determination of agronomic and Pharmacopoeial parameters, different aged seeds, collected during six year period...
By Vladimir Filipović, Vera Popović, Đorđe Glamočlija, Tatjana Marković, Dragoja Radanović, Vladan Ugrenović, Violeta Mickovski Stefanović
EFFECT OF ESSENTIAL OILS ON SEEDS OF THE WEED SPECIES Ambrosia artemisiifolia L.
Ambrosia artemisiifolia L. is an allergen species that belongs to the group of invasive weeds, and is very frequent and present in our region. The use of essential oils in the control of weeds attracts great attention of researchers. Many of them have already pointed out the ability of some oils and/or their individual components to delay seed germ...
By Sandra Đorđević, Tatjana Marković, Sava Vrbničanin, Dragana Božić