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Team Memebers

Research Field

• Chemical characterization and investigation of biological activity of functional food and natural products using conventional and sophisticated analytical techniques.

• Optimization and development of environmentally friendly extraction and separation techniques.

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• Development of the essays for identification of biologically active compounds (antioxidant, antimicrobial, enzyme assays).

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• Chemoinformatics and chemometrics (modeling, pattern recognition, experimental design, classification and optimization).

• Assessing the authenticity of natural products, defining botanical and geographical origins.

Equipment Used in Research

  • HPLC UV/VIS
  • HPAEC PAD/CD
  • Linomat 5
  • TLC Scanner
  • Chromatogram Immersion Device
  • Spectrophotometer (UV-Visible)
  • Polarimeter
  • IRMS (Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometry)
  • Refractometer
  • Automatic titrator
  • Conductometer

Publications

  1. V. Vasić, S. Đurđić, T. Tosti, A. Radoičić, D. Lušić, D. Milojković-Opsenica, Ž. Tešić, J. Trifković, Food Chem. 305 (2020) 12457.
  2. A. Smailagić, D. Dabić Zagorac, S. Veljović, M. Sredojević, D. Relić, M. Fotirić Akšić, G. Roglić, M. Natić, Food Chem. 338 (2021) 127804.
  3. S. Mudrić, U. Gašić, A. Dramićanin, I. Ćirić, D. Milojković-Opsenica, J. Popović-Đorđević, N. Momirović, Ž. Tešić, Food Chem. 217 (2017) 705.
  4. P. Ristivojević, V. Jovanović, D. Milojković Opsenica, J. Park, J. Rollinger, T. Ćirković Veličković, Food Chem. 334 (2021) 127562.
  5. T. Pavlović, I. Dimkić, S. Andrić, D. Milojković-Opsenica, S. Stanković, P. Janaćković, M. Gavrilović, P. Ristivojević, Ind. Crops Prod. 154 (2020) 112639.

Partners

International partners:
  1. University of Rijeka - Faculty of medicine (prof. Dražen Lušić)
    https://www.medri.uniri.hr/hr/fakultet/katedre/zdravstvena-ekologija.html
  2. University of Ljubljana - Biotechnical faculty (prof. Mojca Korošec and prof. Jasna Bertoncelj)
    https://www.bf.uni-lj.si/
  3. Institute for Medical Research and Occupational Health, Zagreb (Dr Irena Brčić Karačonji)
    https://www.imi.hr/hr/djelatnik/brcic-karaconji-irena/
  4. Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Food Technology Osijek (prof. Ljiljana Primorac)
    http://www.ptfos.unios.hr/
  5. Justus Liebig University of Giessen, Germany (prof. Gertrud Morlock)
    https://www.uni-giessen.de/fbz/fb09/institute/ernaehrungswissenschaft/prof/lmw
  6. University of Vienna, Austria (prof. Judith Rollinger)
    https://pharmakognosie.univie.ac.at/people/rollinger-judith-m/
  7. La Trobe University, Australia (prof. David Morton)
    https://scholars.latrobe.edu.au/display/dwmorton
  8. Yeditepe University, Turkey (prof. Etil Ariburnu)
    https://eczacilik.yeditepe.edu.tr/tr/akademik-kadro/etil-guzelmeric
  9. First Moscow State Medical University, Russia (Sechenov University) (prof. Snežana Agatonovic-Kustin and Vladimir Gegečkori)
    https://www.sechenov.ru/univers/about_lecturer/5492/
  10. Jiangnan University, China (Yisheng Chen)
    https://english.jiangnan.edu.cn/info/1002/1047.htm
  11. University of Zagreb, Croatia (Dr Vanja Ljoljić Bilić)
    http://www.pharma.unizg.hr
  12. National Institute of Chemistry, Ljubljana, Slovenia (Dr Irena Vovk, Dr Andrej Perdih)
    https://www.ki.si/en/departments/d01-theory-department/
  13. University of Milano, Italy (prof. Alessandro Pedretti)
    https://www.unimi.it/en/ugov/person/alessandro-pedretti
  14. University of Pavia, Italy - Centre for International Cooperation and Development, Nutraceuticals and Food Chem-Toxicol Analysis Lab. - Department of Drug Sciences (prof. Adele Papetti)
    http://scienzedelfarmaco.unipv.it/english/
  15. University of Greenwich, United Kingdom - School of Sciences (prof. Milan Antonijević)
    http://www.gre.ac.uk/people/rep/faculty-of-engineering-and-science/milan-antonijevic
Partners in Serbia:
  1. University of Belgrade, Faculty of Technology and Metallurgy
    http://www.tmf.bg.ac.rs/en#gsc.tab=0
  2. University of Belgrade - Faculty of Biology
    https://www.bio.bg.ac.rs/
  3. University of Belgrade - Faculty of Pharmacy
    http://www.pharmacy.bg.ac.rs/en/
  4. University of Belgrade - Faculty of Agriculture
    http://www.agrif.bg.ac.rs/Pocetna
  5. Military Technical Institute (MTI), Belgrade
    http://www.vti.mod.gov.rs/
  6. Centre for Food Analysis d.o.o., Belgrade
    https://www.cin.co.rs/
  7. Institute of Meat Hygiene and Technology, Belgrade
    http://inmes.rs/?lang=en
  8. Institute of Molecular Genetics and Genetic Engineering (IMGGI), University of Belgrade
    https://imgge.bg.ac.rs/index.php/en/
  9. University of Belgrade, Institute for Biological Research "Siniša Stanković"
    http://www.ibiss.bg.ac.rs/index.php/en/
  10. Maize Research Institute, Zemun Polje, Belgrade
    https://mrizp.rs/new/eng/
  11. Institute "Dr Josif Pančić", Belgrade
    https://www.mocbilja.rs/
  12. University of Belgrade - Faculty of Forestry
    http://www.sfb.bg.ac.rs/en/
  13. University of Belgrade - Institute for Multidisciplinary Research
    http://www.imsi.bg.ac.rs/
  14. Institute of General and Physical Chemistry, Belgrade
    https://www.iofh.bg.ac.rs/

Projects

  • Natural, non-alcoholic extract of propolis for the prevention of upper respiratory tract infections and strengthening the immune system in children, project leader: Dr. Petar Ristivojević, assistant professor, 2020-2021.
  • Potential of Serbian and Russian medicinal plants against slowing down skin aging, project leader: Dr. Petar Ristivojević, assistant professor, 2020-2021.
  • 451-02-02004/29/2019-06: Modernization of the curriculum of the subject Food Analysis in the direction of food safety and quality control, as well as determining the authenticity and content of phytochemicals (program "Development of higher education"), project leader: Dr. Dušanka Milojković Opsenica, full professor, 2019-2020.
  • 451-03-01732/2017-09-11: New analytical approach to detect falsification of fruit products, project leader: Dr. Petar Ristivojević, assistant professor, 2018-2019.
  • Recognizing patterns, classification and modeling of chromatographic and spectroscopic data to determine the biological activity and the origin of food, project leader: Dr. Filip Andrić, associate professor, 2016-2018.
  • 391-00-16/2017-16/33: Development of a process for the isolation of natural antioxidants from potato peel, project leader: Dr. Dušanka Milojković Opsenica, full professor, 2017-2018.
  • Improvement of research capacities for reliable confirmation of the authenticity of bee products, project leader: Dr. Jelena Trifković, associate professor, 2016-2017.
  • Bilateral strengthening of institutions in order to achieve leading roles in the field of authenticity of bee products, project leader: Dr. Jelena Trifković, associate professor, 2016-2017.
  • 451-03-3095/2014-09/14: Determination of phytochemicals in food, project leader: Dr. Dušanka Milojković Opsenica, full professor, 2014-2015.
  • 451-03-2802-IP Type 1/78: Development of Analytical methods for determining the authenticity of Serbian wines, project leader: Dr. Maja Natić, associate professor, 2014-2015.

In addition, members of our research group are participants in many international and national projects, such as IMPTOX, "An Innovative Analytical Platform to Investigate the Effect and Toxicity of Micro and Nano Plastics Combined with Environmental Contaminants On the Risk of Allergic, Disease in Preclinical and Clinical", 2021-2025; Horizon 2020 project ("Twinning of research activities for the frontier research in the fields of food, nutrition and environmental 'omics' - FoodEnTwin"), project from a special program COVID-19 ("Small Molecule Anti-RNA-virus Therapy. Repurposing Iminosugars and Chloroquine Analogues Against COVID-19"), project funded by the Croatian Science Foundation ("Development of Bioactive Molecules for Neurodegenerative Diseases Treatment"), and several COST actions.