Publications by authors named "Ivan Kojic"

Polyphenolic compounds are of great interest in today's science. Naturally, they occur in plants and other sources in many different forms. Their wide range of biological activity has attracted the attention of the scientific community.

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The mutual impact of low-quality lignite and high-density polyethylene (HDPE) during open system pyrolysis was investigated, aiming to improve utilization of lignite with simultaneous treatment of HDPE waste. Pyrolysis of lignite, HDPE, and their mixture (mass ratio, 1:1) was performed at temperatures 400, 450, 500, 550, and 600 °C. Initial substrates and pyrolysis products were characterized by thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS), specific carbon isotope analysis of individual hydrocarbons (δC), Rock-Eval pyrolysis, and elemental analysis.

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san ai, an alkaliphilic, metallotolerant bacterium, degraded individual selected petroleum compounds, , -alkanes (-hexadecane, -nonadecane) and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (fluorene, phenanthrene, pyrene) with efficiency of 80%, 98%, 96%, 50% and 41%, respectively, at initial concentrations of 20 mg L and in seven days. san ai showed a high biodegradative capacity on complex hydrocarbon mixtures, the aliphatic and aromatic fractions from crude oil. The efficiency of san ai degradation of crude oil fractions in seven days reached stage 3-4 of the oil biodegradation scale, which ranges from 0 (no biodegradation) to 10 (maximum biodegradation).

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