The main carriers of the pharmacological activity of garlic (Allium sativum L.) are organosulfur compounds, the most important being allicin (diallyl thiosulfinate). Allicin has a wide range of antibacterial and antifungal ...

The plant extracts and compounds isolated from natural sources are commonly used for prevention of chronic diseases. These bioactive compounds have an increased application in modern conventional medicine. Despite a great ...

In this doctoral dissertation, the hydrogels sensitive to temperature and pH changes based on N-isopropylacrylamide (NIPAM) and anionic comonomers (acrylic acid, AA, and methacrylic acid, MAA) were synthesized and ...

Nutrition is one of the most important factors in prevention of various diseases as well as improving the health care in preschool children. The HACCP system and other standards can be applied in every phase of the food ...

Aronia (Aronia melanocarpa) is one of the richest plant sources of polyphenols, mainly anthocyanins that provide a high antioxidant activity. In order to find extraction technique and conditions that will allow obtaining ...

The objective of this dissertation is to obtain essential oils and extracts from plants of the genus Thymus L. primarily from wild thyme by different techniques of distillation and extraction, mathematical modeling of the ...

The aim of the present PhD thesis was to study UV(-A and -B) induced lipid peroxidation sensitized by synthetic (benzophenone) and endogenous photosensitizers (bilirubin, riboflavin) in the presence of quercetin as ...

The synthesis of fatty acid methyl esters (FAME) from sunflower oil by the quicklime-catalyzed methanolysis reaction was investigated. The catalyst was obtained by calcination of quicklime which was characterized as a ...

In this doctoral dissertation the synthesis of fatty acid ethyl esters (FAEEs) from triacylglycerols’ derived from the expired sunflower oil was analyzed via chemically-catalyzed ethanolysis reaction. The ethanolysis was ...

The Ph.D. Thesis represents a complex study of several areas: the first is related to the optimization of dyeing cotton textiles with direct and reactive dyes, the second to the physical and chemical modification of natural ...