Various conventional (maceration and heat-assisted extraction) and new alternative techniques (ultrasound-assisted extraction and microwave-assisted extraction) have been developed for the extraction of polyphenols compounds from different plant sources. Novel procedures have established with the aim to reduce the extraction time and solvent consum...

By Aleksandra Jovanović, Predrag Petrović, Verica Đorđević, Gordana Zdunić, Katarina Šavikin, Branko Bugarski

Twenty one essential oils (EOs) documented their significant antimicrobial effect with regard to our pre–set criterion of the Minimal Inhibitory Concentration (MIC ≤ 200 μL / mL) of EOs towards Enterococcus faecalis (ATCC 29212 and or clinical isolates); the best effect MIC 0.4 μL / mL (approx. 0.26 μg / mL) achieved Satureja horv...

By Jelena Bogojević, Miloš Nikolić, Tatjana Marković, Ana Ćirić, Dejan Marković

Immortelle is perennial bushy plant from the Asteraceae family, growing to a height of 60-70 cm. It is naturally widespread in the Mediterranean countries. Production of the 1 kg of the essential oil requires 700-1000 kg of wet green plant. The high price and high demand for the immortelle essential oil led to the intensive plantation of the specie...

By Marko Ivanković, Miro Barbarić, Migo Bogut

Hot water extract (AN), partially purified polysaccharides (AP) and hot alkali extract (ANa) obtained from wild mushroom G. applanatum were examined for their antibacterial and antifungal activity. Five Gram negative (Proteus hauseri, Escherichia coli O157:H7, Salmonella Enteritidis, Shigella sonnei, Yersinia enterocolitica), five Gram positive (Li...

By Anita S.Klaus, Maja S.Kozarski, Jovana Đ. Vunduk, Predrag M. Petrović, Miomir P. Nikšić

This paper presents growing possibilities of oily and medicinal plant - black cumin (Nigella sativa L.), and defines agro-technical standards for this. Use of seed and black cumin oil in the world is increasing. With regard to this, the goal of this study was to establish  technical procedure for cultivation of this, less commonly cultivated s...

By Vladimir Filipović, Vladan Ugrenović, Dragoja Radanović, Tatjana Marković, Vera Popović, Sofija Đorđević, Snežana Dimitrijević

Peppermint (Mentha x piperita) is a perennial, medicinal and aromatic, cultivated plant species belonging to Lamiaceae family. In this study, survey of 9 organic mulches (straw, chopped pieces of the pine bark, sawdust of acacia, cardboard, dry pine needles, chopped maize sedge, chopped pieces of the acacia bark, herbal composts 1 and 2), 1 biodegr...

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

In developed countries around the world, the tendency of spreading and demand for medicinal raw materilars that originate from organically produced oil grows from year to year, with maximal compatibility with the laws of nature. This means such type of production, that will not violate the natural balance of surrounding environment, also maintainin...

By Jelena Golijan

Seaweeds are an excellent source of compounds with biological activity.Particularly interesting are the sponges, which suited in medicine reaches into the distant past. The biological effects of extracts and new compounds from sponges have been reported in numbers of scientific papers. Sponges produce a plethora of chemical compounds with widely va...

By Tatjana Stanojković, Sanja Milović, Ivana Matić, Nađa Grozdanić, Zoran Kljajić

The goal of this work was to introduce the parameter for the precise evaluation of in vitroanti-tumor activity of Plantago altissima, P. lanceolata, P. reniformis, Allium flavum, A. cepa, Tuber aestivum i T. magnatumextracts.For the evaluation of the cell growth human tumor cell lines HeLa, MCF7 and HT-29 were used, as well as cell line derived fro...

By Dragana Četojević-Simin, Ivana Beara, Nataša Simin

Veronica officinalis is plant species used in traditional medicine worldwide, but its effects have not been investigated so far. Consequently, the aim of this research was to identify dominant compound in V. officinalis extracts and to determine the effect of ultrasound and extraction temperature on the content of that compound and total phenolic c...

By Biljana Anđelković, Jelena Živković, Katarina Šavikin