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Ocimum basilicum L. (Lamiaceae) is a spice plant frequently cultivated in Romania with application in food flavoring and preservation, pharmaceutical products and alternative medicine. The purpose of this study was to determine the chemical composition and antioxidant effectiveness of the essential oil of Ocimum basilicum grown in Romania. The basil inflorescences (fresh plant material) was used for the extraction of essential oil. The essential oil was isolated with a yield of 0.52% (v/m) by steam distillation. G...

This study aimed to investigate: i) the chemical composition and ii) the antimicrobial properties of the essential oil isolated from Lavandula angustifolia ?Sevtopolis? cultivated in western Romania. The essential oil, obtained by steam distillation, was evaluated by GC/MS. The inhibitory effects of Lavandula angustifolia ?Sevtopolis? essential oil were tested using the Kirby-Bauer agar disc diffusion method against five common food-related bacteria: Staphylococcus aureus (ATCC 25923), Pseudomonas aeruginosa (ATCC...

Evaluating geomorphologic conditions in the areas of gullies spreading represents an important step in the capitalization of land and spatial planning. The research was carried out in the Apold Depression (Southern Transylvania, Romania), a submontainous area of approximately 280 km2 characterized by homogeneous physical-geographical and anthropogenic conditions. Gullies (ravines) have been identified on an area of 33 km2 (11.79% of the depression). Morphometric assessment of the conditions of gullies spreading wa...

Industry, pollute environments (air, water, soil), and bring damage to the health, both to the people and all living beings. In areas where oil and gas development is prevalent, air, water and soil resources can become contaminated with oil and gas wastes and by products. The pollutants emitted by the oil and gas industry, may bring damage immediate or long-term, to the environment. Mining industry and the oil processing, affects the environment through gaseous and liquid hydrocarbons. All products resulting from ...

The article presents the results of humic acid macromolecule study based on the instrumental approaches. Humic acids were extracted from various types of peat (0-20 cm) found within the Western Siberia. The obtained results provide insight into the structure and composition of peat humic acids. The obtained results definitely indicate that elemental composition, thermodynamic stability, and NMR13? spectrometry of humic acids are basically a consequence of their physico-chemical properties which, in its turn, depen...

The article presents the material, both on theoretical and practical issues of rational use of agricultural land in the North Caucasus Federal District (NCFD), as well as an analysis of the main reasons that led to their degradation. Assess ongoing processes on agricultural lands with their heavy use. An important feature of the NCFD district is the high proportion of rural population (49.7%) is the highest in the Russian Federation. Revealed major shortcomings in the organization and use of land resources, which ...

Developing lipid products with colloidal structurally and functionally modified properties, others than the starting base, playing a structural role in the integrated product and the role of mycelia carriers to ensure a health status is relatively recent and it is the result of accepting the idea that foods play a determining role in the prophylactics and therapy of certain conditions. The paper approaches two main aspects: 1 ? methods of modifying lipids (simple stir, hydrogenation, interesterification, fractioni...

This study presents an analysis over the action of carboxyl esterase, enzyme used on dough for pasta and noodles. By using carboxyl esterase polar lipids are formed, acting as emulsifiers and interacting with the gluten as well free unsaturated fatty acids are released, which can be converted by lipoxygenase (contained in flour naturally) resulting in the formation of hydroperoxides, which can act as oxidants and lead to protein strengthening and bleaching (oxidation of pigments). Enyzmatic improvement of pasta an...

Developing products modified structurally and functionally that ensure health benefits is relatively recent and is the result of accepting the idea that food plays an important role in the prevention and therapy of some health conditions; these arguments are at the basis of the appearance of ?functional foods? with ?health benefits?. Modification techniques of non hydrogenated palm oil lipids (simple mixing, hydrogenation, interesterification, fractionation) are no novelty since they are being optimised through sc...

Each building structure is rested on the foundation surface, so it is necessary to analyze these structures in interaction with subsoil. From the historical viewpoint, the most used is the Winkler model. Later two-parametric models of subsoil had been introduced, implementing the effect of shear forces and impact of subgrade around the foundation into the calculation. Other models are based on the theory of elastic half-space. The use of FEM introduced a lot of advantages to model structures in the interaction wit...