[dr Boris M. Mandic]

Faculty of Chemistry, Studentski trg 12-16, Beograd
Department of Analytical Chemistry

Phone:   011-2630474

Laboratory:   310

E-mail:   borism@chem.bg.ac.rs

Personal data

Born on July 30, 1976 in Belgrade, Serbia. Single. Speaks Serbian and English language.

Education and qualifications

1995-2002: Undergraduate studies - Chemistry / University of Belgrade - Faculty of Chemistry (Belgrade, Serbia)

2003-2008: Master of science studies - Chemistry / University of Belgrade - Faculty of Chemistry (Belgrade, Serbia)

2008-2015: Doctoral academic (PhD) studies - Chemistry / University of Belgrade - Faculty of Chemistry (Belgrade, Serbia)

History of employment

2004: Graduate assistant / University of Belgrade - Faculty of Chemistry (Belgrade, Serbia)

2004-2015: Teaching assistant / University of Belgrade - Faculty of Chemistry (Belgrade, Serbia)

2015-2015: Research assistant / University of Belgrade - Faculty of Chemistry (Belgrade, Serbia)

2015-2021: Research associate / University of Belgrade - Faculty of Chemistry (Belgrade, Serbia)

2021: Senior research associate / University of Belgrade - Faculty of Chemistry (Belgrade, Serbia)

Scientific interest

  • Metabolomics of mental diseases
  • Chemistry of natural products
  • Analytical chemistry

Other activities

Member of Serbian Chemical Society from 2003.

Participation in research projects

Active projects:

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Representative references

Knjige i revijalni radovi / Books and reviews:

  1. Ljubica Tasic, Boris Mandic, Caio Barros,  Daniela Cypriano, Danijela Stanisic, Lilian Schultz, Lucimara da Silva, Mayra Marino, Veronica Queiroz. Expoloring Bioactivity of Hesperidin, Naturally Occuring Flavanone Glycoside, Isolated from Oranges. In Citrus Fruits: Production, Consumption and Health Benefits. Nova Science Publishers, New York (2016), 27-70.
  2. Nataša Avramović, Boris Mandić, Ana Savić-Radojević and Tatjana Simić. Polymeric Nanocarriers of Drug Delivery Systems in Cancer Therapy. Pharmaceutics (2020), 12(4), 298.

Izabrani radovi / Selected papers:

  1. Godevac, D.; Mandic, B.; Vajs, V.; Menkovic, N.; Macura, S.; Milosavljevic, S. Complete assignments of 1H and 13C NMR spectra of leucanthoside A, a new triterpenoid saponin from Cephalaria leucantha L. Magnetic Resonance in Chemistry (2006), 44(7), 731-735
  2. Godevac, Dejan; Mandic, Boris; Vajs, Vlatka; Tesevic, Vele; Menkovic, Nebojsa; Janackovic, Peda; Milosavljevic, Slobodan. Triterpenoid saponins and iridoid glycosides from the aerial parts of Cephalaria pastricensis. Biochemical Systematics and Ecology (2006), 34(12), 890-893
  3. Beskoski, Vladimir P.; Matic, Valerija F.; Milic, Jelena; Godevac, Dejan; Mandic, Boris; Vrvic, Miroslav M. Oxidation of dibenzothiophene as a model substrate for the removal of organic sulphur from fossil fuels by iron(III) ions generated from pyrite by Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans. Journal of the Serbian Chemical Society (2007), 72(6), 533-537
  4. Vladimir P. Beskoski; Jelena Milic; Boris Mandic; Milos Takic; Miroslav M. Vrvic. Removal of organically bound sulfor from oil shale by iron(III)-ion generated-regenerated from pyrite by the action of Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans. Advanced Materials Research (2007), 20-21, 46-49
  5. Micic, V.; Lepojevic, Z; Mandic, B.; Jotanovic, M.; Tadic, G.; Tolic, A. Influence of pressure and time on extraction process using supercritical CO2. Jurnal of Mining and Metallurgy, Section B: Metallurgy (2008), 44(1), 125-131
  6. Micic, Vladan; Lepojevic, Zika; Jotanovic, Milovan; Tadic, Goran; Mandic Boris. Influence pressure and size particle to extraction by CO2. Analele Universitatii "Dunarea de Jos" din Galati, Fascicula IX: Metalurgie si Stiinta Materialelor (2008), 26(1), 117-123.
  7. Beskoski, Vladimir P.; Milic, Jelena; Mandic, Boris; Takic, Milos; Vrvic, Miroslav M. Removal of organically bound sulfor from oil shale by iron(III) ion generated-regenerated from pyrite by the action of Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans - Research on a model system. Hydrometallurgy (2008), 94(1-4), 8-13.
  8. Mandic, Boris M.; Godevac, Dejan N.; Beskoski, Vladimir P.; Simic, Milena R.; Trifunovic, Snezana S.; Tesevic, Vele, V.; Vajs, Vlatka V.; Milosavljevic Slobodan M. Pyrrolizidine alkaloids from seven wild-growing Senecio species in Serbia and Montenegro. Jurnal of Serbian Chemical Society (2009), 74 (1), 27-34.
  9. Markov, Slobodan E.; Curcic, Bozidar P. M.; Tesevic, Vele V.; Jadranin, Milka B.; Vujsic, Ljubodrag V.; Mandic, Boris M.; Sekilic, Tatjana L.; Mitic, Bojan M. Defensive Secretions in Three Species of Polydesmids (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Polydesmidae). Jurnal of Chemical Ecology (2010), 36(9), 978-982.
  10. Mandic, Boris M.; Godevac, Dejan M.; Vujsic, Ljubodrag V.; Trifunovic, Snezana S.; Tesevic, Vele V.; Vajs, Vlatka V.; Milosavljevic, Slobodan M. Semiquinol and phenol compounds from seven Senecio species. Chemical Papers (2011), 65(1), 90-92.
  11. Bonic, Mirjana; Tesevic, Vele; Nikicevic, Ninoslav; Cvejic, Jelena; Milosavljevic, Slobodan; Vajs, Vlatka; Mandic, Boris; Urosevic, Ivan; Velickovic, Milovan; Jovanic, Sasa. The contens of heavy metals in Serbian old plum brandies. Journal of the Serbian Chemical Society (2013), 78(7), 933-945.
  12. Boris M. Mandić, Milena R. Simić, Ivan M. Vučković, Ljubodrag V. Vujisić, Miroslav M. Novaković, Snežana S. Trifunović, Snežana D. Nikolić-Mandić, Vele V. Tešević, Vlatka V. Vajs and Slobodan M. Milosavljević. Pyrrolizidine Alkaloids and Fatty Acids from the Endemic Plant Species Rindera umbellata and the Effect of Lindelofine-N-oxide on Tubulin Polymerization. Molecules (2013), 18(9), 10694-10706.
  13. Tatjana Lj. Sekulić, Ljubodrag V. Vujisić, Božidar P.M. Ćurčić, Boris M. Mandić, Dragan Ž. Antić, Snežana S. Trifunović, Dejan M. Gođevac, Vlatka E. Vajs, Vladimir T. Tomić and Slobodan E. Makarov. Quinons and non-quinones from the defensive secretion of Unciger transsilvanicus (Verhoeff, 1899) (Diplopoda Julida, Julidae), from Serbia. Archives of Biological Sciences (2014), 66(1), 385-391.
  14. Trifunovic Snezana, Vuckovic Ivan, Mandic Boris, Milosavljevic Slobodan, Isakovic Andelka M, Isakovic Aleksandra, Novakovic Miroslav, Vajs Vlatka, Trajkovic Vladimir. Isolation, Characterization, and In Vitro Cytotoxicty of New Sesquiterpenoids from Achillea clavennae. Planta Medica (2014), 80(4), 297-305.
  15. Ljubodrag V. Vujisić, Dragan Ž. Antić, Ivan M. Vučković, Tatjana Lj. Sekulić, Vladimir T. Tomić, Boris M. Mandić, Vele V. Tešević, Božidar P.M. Ćurčić, Vlatka E. Vajs and Slobodan E. Makarov. Chemical Defense in Millipedes (Myriapoda, Diplopoda): Do Representatives of the Family Blaniulidae Belong to the Quinone Clade? Chemistry and Biodiversity (2014), 11(3), 483-490.
  16. Miroslav Novaković, Miroslava Stanković, Ivan Vučković, Nina Todorović, Snežana Trifunović, Danijela Apostolović, Boris Mandić, Milan Veljić, Petar Marin, Vele Tešević, Vlatka Vajs and Slobodan Milosavljević. Diarylheptanoids from Green Alder Bark and Their Potential for DNA Protection. Chemistry and Biodiversity (2014), 11(6), 872-885.
  17. Jelena Dinić, Miroslav Novaković, Ana Podolski-Renić, Sonja Stojaković, Boris Mandić, Vele Tešević, Vlatka Vajs, Aleksandra Isaković, Milica Pešić. Antioxidative Activity of Diarylheptanoids from the Bark of Black Alder (Alnus glutinosa) and Their Interaction with Anticancer Drugs. Planta Medica (2014), 80(13), 1088-1096.
  18. Boris M. Mandić, Marina D. Vlajić, Snežana S. Trifunović, Milena R. Simić, Ljubodrag V. Vujisić, Ivan M. Vučković, Miroslav M. Novaković,  Snežana D. Nikolić-Mandić, Vele V. Tešević, Vlatka V. Vajs and Slobodan M. Milosavljević. Optimisation of Isolation Procedure for pyrrolizidine alkaloids from Rindera umbellata Bunge. Natural Product Research. (2015), 29(9), 887-890.
  19. Milena R. Simic, Miroslava Stankovic, Boris M. Mandic, Vele V. Tesevic and Vladimir M. Savic. Synthesis of Novel Tetrahydrobenzazepine Derivates and Their Cytoprotective Effect on Human Lymphocytes. Archiv der Pharmazie - Chemistry in Life Sciences. (2015), 348, 100-112.
  20. Vesovic Nikola, Curcic Srecko, Vujisic Ljubodrag, Nenadic Marija, Krstic Gordana, Peric-Mataruga Vesna, Milosavljevic Slobodan, Antic Dragan, Mandic Boris, Petkovic Matija, Vuckovic Ivan, Markovic Dorde, Vrbica Maja, Curcic Bozidar and Makarov Slobodan. Molecular Diversity of Compounds from Pygidal Gland Secretions of Cave-Dwelling Ground Beetles: The First Evidence. Jurnal of Chemical Ecology. (2015), 41, 533-539.
  21. Ana Damjanovic, Gordana Zdunic, Katarina Savikin, Boris Mandic, Milka Jadranin, Ivana Matic and Tatjana Stanojkovic. Evaluation of the ant-cancer potemtial of Mahonia aquifolium extracts via apoptosis and anti-angiogenesis. Bangladesh Journal of Pharmacology (2016), 11(3), 741-749.
  22. Fabian Villalta-Romero, Luiz Borro, Boris Mandic, Teresa Escalante, Alexandra Rucavado, Jose Maria Gutierrez, Goran Neshich and Ljubica Tasic. Discovery of small molecule inhibitors for the snake venom metalloprotease BaP1 using in silico and in vitro tests. Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry Letters (2017), 27, 2018-2022.
  23. Una Glamočlija, Subhash Padhye, Selma Špirtović-Halilović, Amar Osmanović, Elma Veljović, Suncica Roca, Irena Novaković, Boris Mandić, Iztok Turel, Jakob Kljun, Snezana Trifunović, Emira Kahrović, Sandra Kraljević Pavelić, Anja Harej, Marko Klobučar and Davorka Završnik. Synthesis, Biological Evaluation and Docking Studies of Benzoxazoles Derived from Thymoquinone. Molecules (2018), 23(12), 3297.
  24. Miroslav Novakovic, Iris Djordjevic, Nina Todorovic, Snezana Trifunovic, Boban Andjelkovic, Boris Mandic, Milka jadranin, Ivan Vuckovic, Vlatka Vajs, Slobodan Milosavljevic and Vele Tesevic. New aurone epoxide and auronolignan from the heartwood of Cotinus coggygria Scop. Natural Product Research (2019), 33(19), 2837-2844.
  25. Gordana Krstić, Milka Jadranin, Miroslava Stanković, Ivana Aljančić, Ljubodrag Vujisić, Boris Mandić, and Vele Tešević. Jatrophane Diterpenoids With Protective Effect on Human Lymphocytes DNA. Natural Product Communications (2019), 14(5)
  26. Mirjana Cvetković, Iris Djordjević, Milka Jadranin, Miroslava Stanković, Boris Mandić, Slobodan Milosavljević & Ljubodrag Vujisić. Leaf-surface guaianolides from Amphoricarpos neumaeyri showing protective effect on human lymphocytes DNA. Natural Product Research (2021), 35(18), 3040-3048.
  27. Bojan Vujić, Vera Vidaković, Milka Jadranin, Irena Novaković, Snežana Trifunović, Vele Tešević and Boris Mandić. Composition, Antioxidant Potential and Antimicrobial Activity of Helichrysum plicatum DC. Various Extracts. Plants (2020), 9(3), 337.
  28. Sofija Vranić, Srećko Ćurčić, Nikola Vesović, Boris Mandić, Dejan Pantelić, Marija Vasović, Vladimir Lazović, Wang Zhang and Ljubodrag Vujisić. Chemistry and morphology of the pygidial glands in four Pterostichini ground beetle taxa (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Pterostichinae). Zoology (2020), 142
  29. Stefan Ivanović, Nataša Avramović, Biljana Dojčinović, Snežana Trifunović, Miroslav Novaković, Vele Tešević and Boris Mandić. Chemical Composition, Total Phenols and Flavonoids Contents and Antioxidant Activity as Nutritive Potential of Roasted Hazelnut Skins (Corylus avellana L.). Foods (2020), 9(4), 430.
  30. B. Mandić, K. Simić, S. Trifunović, Lj. Vujisić, M. Novaković, V. Tešević and O. Miljanić. Inhibition potency of disulphides and trisulphides on various tumor cell lines growth. Digest Journal of Nanomaterials and Biostructures (2021), 16(2), 585-592.
  31. Ana Kramar, Marija Petrović, Katarina Mihajlovski, Boris Mandić, Gorica Vuković, Stevan Blagojević and Mirjana Kostić. Selected aromatic plants extracts as an antimicrobial and antioxidant finish for cellulose fabric- Direct impregnation method Fibers and Polymers. Fibers and Polymers (2021), 22(12), 3317-3325.
  32. Milosavljevic Slobodan, Djordjevic Iris, Mandic Boris, Tesevic Vele, Stankovic Miroslava, Todorovic Nina, and Novakovic Miroslav. Flavonoids of the Heartwood of Cotinus coggygria Scop. Showing Protective Effect on Human Lymphocyte DNA. Natural Product Communications (2021), 16(12),
  33. Ivanovic Stefan. Mandrone Manuela, Simic Katarina, Ristic Mirjana, Todosijevic Marina, Mandic Boris and Godevac Dejan. GC-MS based metabolomics for the detection of adulteration in oregano samples. Journal of the Serbian Chemical Society (2021), 86(12), 1195-1203.
  34. Katarina Simić, Nina Todorović, Snežana Trifunović, Zoran Miladinović, Aleksandra Gavrilović, Silvana Jovanović, Nataša Avramović, Dejan Gođevac, Ljubodrag Vujisić, Vele Tešević, Ljubica Tasić, and Boris Mandić. NMR Metabolomics in Serum Fingerprinting of Schizophrenia Patients in a Serbian Cohort. Metabolites (2022) 12(8), 707.
  35. Milena M. Petrović, Cornelia Roschger, Kevin Lang, Andreas Zierer, Milan Mladenović, Snežana Trifunović, Boris Mandić and Milan D. Joksović. Synthesis and biological evaluation of new quinoline-4-carboxylic acid-chalcone hybrids as dihydroorotate dehydrogenase inhibitors. Archiv der Pharmazie (2023) 356(2).
  36. Slađana Todorović, Marija Perić, Biljana Nikolić, Boris Mandić, Stefana Cvetković, Milica Bogdanović, and Suzana Živković. Chemical Characterization, Antioxidant Activity, and Cytotoxity of Wild-Growing and In Vitro Cultivated Rindera umbellata (Waldst. and Kit.) Bunge. Horticulturae (2023), 9(3), 381.
  37. Katarina Simić, Zoran Miladinović, Nina Todorović, Snežana Trifunović, Nataša Avramović, Aleksandra Gavrilović, Silvana Jovanović, Dejan Gođevac, Ljubodrag Vujisić, Vele Tešević, Ljubica Tasic, and Boris Mandić. Metabolomic Profiling of Bipolar Disorder by 1H-NMR in Serbian Patients. Metabolites (2023) 13(5),607.
  38. Miroslav Novakovic, Nina Todorovic, Milka jadranin, Iris Djordjevic, Slobodan Milosavljevic, Boris Mandic, and Vele Tesevic. A New Auronolignan from the Cotinus coggygria Heartwood. Chemistry of Natural Compounds (2023), 59(3), 428-430.
  39. Milka Jadranin, Nataša Avramović, Zoran Miladinović, Aleksandra Gavrilović, Ljubica Tasic, Vele Tešević, and Boris Mandić. Untargeted Lipidomics Study of Bipolar Disorder Patients in Serbia. International Journal of Molecular Sciences (2023), 24(22): 16025.
  40. Vera Vidaković, Bojan Vujić, Milka Jadranin, Irena Novaković, Snežana Trifunović, Vele Tešević, and Boris Mandić. 2024. "Qualitative Profiling, Antioxidant and Antimicrobial Activities of Polar and Nonpolar Basil Extracts" Foods 13, no. 18: 2993.
  41. Suzana Marković, Milka Jadranin, Zoran Miladinović, Aleksandra Gavrilović, Nataša Avramović, Marija Takić, Ljubica Tasic, Vele Tešević, and Boris Mandić. 2024. "LC–HRMS Lipidomic Fingerprints in Serbian Cohort of Schizophrenia Patients" International Journal of Molecular Sciences 25, no. 19: 10266.
  42. Marija Petrović, Nikola Tomić, Boris Mandić, Wan Abd Al Qadr Imad Wan-Mohtar, Gordana Krstić and Sonja Pecić. Possibility of sugar substitution with steviol-glycosides in elderflower liqueur production: consumer acceptance, sugar content, antioxidant activity and phenolic profile. Food Measure 18, 7916-7926 (2024).