Lemon balm has been used for centuries due to its strong sedative, antimicrobial and spasmolytic effects. Besides different types of extracts and essential oils, hydrolates (by-products obtained during essential oil extraction) are preparations of aromatic medicinal plants with potential pharmacological activity. To estimate Melissa officinalis lea...

By Nikola Stojanović, Sara Mladenović, Bogdan Stojiljković, Aleksandar Marković, Dragana Pavlović, Pavle Ranđelović, Jelena Zvezdanović, Ljiljana Stanojević

The aim of the paper was to evaluate the AgNOR parameters for the discrimination of benign from malignant breast tumors via a new approach - the total AgNOR area/nuclear area (TAA/NA). Three groups, consisting of control (n = 14), benign (n = 18) and malignant (n = 28) participants were included in the study. The AgNOR staining technique was perfor...

By Mehmet Koksal, Serap Dogan, Recep Eroz, Figen Ozturk, Ahmet Ozturk, Nurhan Cucer

Chronic granulomatous invasive fungal rhinosinusitis (CGIFRS) is an extremely rare form of invasive fungal sinusitis. The disease has a long-lasting and indolent course, so the invasion and destruction in the sinonasal and adjacent regions is progressing slowly. This disease has been reported primarily in Middle East, North Africa, India and Pakist...

By Milica Labus, Jelena Sotirović, Biserka Vukomanović-Đurđević, Aleksandar Perić

This study aimed to evaluate and quantify the antimicrobial activity of lyophilized fruit juice (BCLJ) and waste extract (BCLW) obtained from the black currant (Ribes nigrum L.) variety Čačanska crna. The study was conducted using four Gram (+) (Bacillus cereus, Listeria monocytogenes, Staphylococcus aureus, Enterococcus faecalis) and five Gram (-)...

By Milica Trajković, Dušanka Kitić, Tatjana Mihajilov-Krstev, Katarina Šavikin, Milica Ranđelović, Milica Milutinović, Suzana Branković, Nemanja Kitić, Bojana Miladinović

Epilepsy is one of the most common neurological diseases. It is an uncontrollable neuronal activity of different parts of the brain leading to convulsion and/or fainting. Although epileptic seizure control and therapeutics have significant advances, 20% -30% of individuals still have uncontrolled seizures. Patients under the medication's control ar...

By Moghadam Zahedi, Rabi Atabaki, Hossein Khaleghzadeh-Ahangar

Although coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), primarily affects the respiratory system, the possibility of multisystem tissue and organ damage is not excluded. In severe forms of the disease, hematological disorders with the accompanying laboratory derangements often occur. The...

By Jelena Đorđević, Olgica Mihaljević, Marijana Stanojević-Pirković, Ardahanli Isa, Milan Radović, Batrić Babović

The aim of the study was to evaluate the association of mortality in acute pancreatitis with clinical and simple laboratory data received on the day of admission. In our retrospective study, the clinical and laboratory parameters of 99 patients with moderate and severe acute pancreatitis were analyzed. All patients were divided into two groups: dec...

By Tetiana Formanchuk, Volodymyr Shaprinskiy, Andrii Formanchuk

The prevalence of sexual dysfunction in people infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is higher than in those without this infection. Sexual dysfunction in HIV-infected people is associated with adverse outcomes. This study aimed to investigate the predictors of sexual function in people infected with HIV. This cross-sectional study was d...

By Fatemeh Dadgar, Zeinab Moshfeghy, Roksana Janghorban, Marziyeh Doostfatemeh

Healthcare students are among the groups affected by the COVID-19 pandemic in various ways. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between mental distress and perceptions of COVID-19 stress in healthcare students. The present analytical cross-sectional study included all students of Saveh University of Medical Sciences in 2021 as the stat...

By Hamid Koohestani, Nayereh Baghcheghi

The aim of this study was to evaluate the influence of the carbomer concentration (used as the gelling agent, in the range 0.5 - 2.0%) on textural and sensory characteristics of gels with 3% panthenol using sensory analysis as subjective and texture analysis as an objective assessment method. An active substance in the gels was panthenol, which als...

By Milica Martinović, Nenad Stojanović, Ivana Nešić