Spices and herbs have been used for centuries by many cultures to enhance the flavor and aroma of foods. Early cultures also recognized the value of using spices and herbs in preserving foods and for their medicinal value. In the present study the essential oil of wild growing Thymus praecox Opiz ssp. polytrichus was isolated by hydrodistillationpr...

By V. Nada Petrović, S. Slobodan Petrović, Dubravka Jovičić, Marina Francišković

A steady increase in the number of dogs is a serious sanitary-epidemiological problem of urban areas. Those animals permanent contaminated those areas with faeces which present a significant health problem from human. Most frequent parasites are eggs of zoonotic helminthes Toxocara canis, Dipylidium caninum, Ancylostomidae spp., Taenia spp., Toxasc...

By Ivan Pavlović, Dubravka Jovičić, Ana Vitas, Nada Petrović, Živka Ilić

Pesticide metsulfuron-methyl (chemical name: methyl 2-(4-methoxy-6-methyl-1,3,5-triazin-2- ylcarbamoylsulfamoyl)benzoate) is a post-emergence sulfonylurea herbicide which controls most annual grass broadleaf weeds in cereals, and it has been used for a long time.The effect of metsulfuron-methyl on microbiological activity in soil was investigated. ...

By Ljiljana Radivojević, Dubravka Jovičić, Ljiljana Šantrić, Slavica Gašić, Jelena Umiljendić Gajić

Occupational exposure is particularly delicate because of chronic exposure to low doses of ionizing radiation and its cumulative effect, where it is important to consider the biological response of body to given conditions of exposure. The objective of this study was the observation of the recovery of the DNA damages in subjects working in the radi...

By Dubravka Jovičić, Snežana Milačić, Boban Rakić, Ana Đorđević