Paeonia tenuifolia L. petals contain bioactive compounds, such as phenolic acids, flavonoid glycosides and aglycones, anthocyanins, anthocyanidins, terpene derivatives, etc. However, the application of the mentioned bioactives from this source is rather low due to the fact that a higher amount of petals need to be collected in order to obtain a dec...

By Natalija Čutović, Petar Batinić, Tatjana Marković, Branko Bugarski, Aleksandra Jovanović

Intensive mining of fossil fuels has caused the exhaustion of nonrenewable natural resources, water, and air pollution,  and significant deterioration and degradation of soils. One of the main problems associated with electricity generation from coal combustion is the “energy waste” issue. When analyzing the potentially harmful env...

By Gordana Devic, Marija V. Pergal, Miodrag Pergal

Weather stations, thanks to precise sensors, enable the collection of meteorological data (on temperature, humidity, pressure, etc.) in real time and their display in the form of diagrams and reports, which allows better observation of weather trends and giving forecasts.Choosing an adequate location for the meteorological station is extremely impo...

By Božo Ilić, Branko Savić, Jovan Vujuć, Dragan Rastovac

Aromatic plants of the Lamiaceae family are valuable food and medicinal sources due to their antioxidant, antimicrobial, antispasmodic, expectorant, carminative, antiulcer, stimulant, anticancer, anti-proliferative, and diuretic effects. Biologically active compounds obtained from plant resources have gained more attention nowadays, due to the cons...

By Natalija Čutović, Tatjana Marković, Aleksandra Jovanović, Petar Batinić

In this study, we investigate the interactions between organic nanocone structures and metformin, a widely prescribed drug for managing high blood sugar levels. To gain deeper insights into binding affinities and noncovalent interactions, we employ a multiscale computational approach that integrates various levels of atomistic modeling. Initially, ...

By Svetlana Pelemiš, Dušica Krunić, Andrijana Bilić, Iris Maglovski, Sanja J. Armaković, Stevan Armaković

The growing need to reduce agricultural waste and replace emission from fossil fuels has created a shared research interest. These two areas are complementary, leading to an increased focus on utilizing agricultural waste biomass as an alternative energy source, particularly through the production of liquid and solid biofuels via pyrolysis. Py...

By Jelena Isailović, Emilija Vukićević, Gordana Gajica, Branimir Jovančićević, Jan Schwarzbauer, Vesna Antić

Lemon essential oil is widely used in both commercial and domestic products. It consists of a mixture of volatile liposoluble compounds responsible for its characteristic fragrance and bioactive properties such as antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory and antioxidant activity. The importance of lemon essential oil is even more significant when consideri...

By Vesna Antunović, Željka Marjanović Balaban, Aleksandra Šmitran, Žarko Gagić, Nebojša Kladar, Vesna Gojković Cvjetković

In recent years, the focus has been on the use of natural medicinal products in the treatment of all types of diseases. Essential oils obtained from medicinal plants have been known since ancient times as products with healing properties. Sage (Salvia officinalis), a plant from the family Luminacea, is one of the most valued medicinal plants primar...

By Vesna Antunović, Željka Marjanović-Balaban, Aleksandra Šmitran, Nebojša Kladar

This paper investigated the adsorption kinetics of methylene blue (MB) on activated carbon. Tests of the adsorbent (granulometric composition and FT-IR analysis) showed that the adsorbent has a wide distribution of particles (5-250 μm) and that the most frequent vibrations are caused by N=C=N stretching, C=C=C stretching, metal-oxygen vibrations...

By Nebojša Vasiljević, Sanja Panić, Goran Tadić, Jelena Vuković, Nataša Novaković, Vladan Mićić

Silica gel is a widely used desiccant with a high water sorption capacity, influenced by factors such as specific surface area, pore volume, and pore size. This study develops mathematical models using multiple linear regression analysis (MLRA) to predict the water sorption capacity of silica gel based on experimental data. Independent variables in...

By Dragana Kešelj, Dragica Lazić, Željana Bogićević, Zoran Petrović, Dijana Drljača