Memorial volume on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of the Home for the Elderly of the Federation of Jewish Communities of Yugoslavia (Lavoslav Švarc Foundation in Zagreb): 1910-1960

Poštovanje i briga za stare od davnina su imanentni deo jevrejske tradicije i etike. Pored tih činjenica mogu se navesti još i mnoga druga mesta iz klasične, postklasične i moderne jevrejske književnosti, kao i veliki broj primera iz prakse kroz dugi niz vekova (negovanje, posećivanje, materijalno pomaganje, počasti itd.). Postoje i prilično drevni primeri za smeštaj i zbrinjavanje staraca u zajedničkim prihvatilištima i domovima za bolesne, nemoćne i siromašne. Međutim, posebne ustanove za institucionalno staranje o starcima su i u Jevrejstvu relativno novijeg datuma. Prvi jevrejski dom staraca spominje se 1682. godine u Rimu. Otada se u raznim zemljama pojavljuje veći broj takvih domova, uporedo sa sličnim ustanovama drugih kulturnih naroda. Na liniji takvog razvoja stvoren je i dom staraca u Zagrebu, kao zadužbina dobrotvora Lavoslava Švarca.Respect and care for elderly people have an immanent part of Jewish tradition and ethics since old times. In addition to these facts, many other places from classical, postclassical and modern Jewish literature can be mentioned, as well as a large number of examples from practice through many centuries (nurturing, visiting, material assistance, tribute, etc.). There are also quite ancient examples of housing and caring for the elderly in shared shelters and homes for the sick, powerless and the poor. However, special institutions for institutional care for the elderly are also relatively recent in Judaism. The first Jewish home for the elderly is mentioned in 1682 in Rome. Since then, a large number of such homes have appeared in various countries, along with similar institutions of other cultural nations. In the line of such development, a home for the elderly was created in Zagreb, as an endowment of the benefactor Lavoslav Švarc

Supplementary data for the article: Dinić, J.; Novaković, M.; Podolski-Renić, A.; Stojković, S.; Mandić, B.; Tešević, V.; Vajs, V.; Isaković, A.; Pešić, M. 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. https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0034-1382993

Supplementary material for: [https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0034-1382993]Related to published version: [http://cherry.chem.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/1845

Diaryltriazenes as antibacterial agents against methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and Mycobacterium smegmatis

Diaryltriazene derivatives were synthesized and evaluated for their antimicrobial properties. Initial experiments showed some of these compounds to have activity against both methicillin-resistant strains of Staphylococus aureus (MRSA) and Mycobacterium smegmatis, with MICs of 0.02 and 0.03 μg/mL respectively. Those compounds with potent anti-staphylococcal and anti-mycobacterial activity were not found to act as growth inhibitors of mammalian cell lines or yeast. Furthermore, we demonstrated that one of the most active anti-MRSA diaryltriazene derivatives was subject to very low frequencies of resistance at <10−9. Whole genome sequencing of resistant isolates identified mutations in the enzyme that lysylates phospholipids. This could result in the modification of phospholipid metabolism and consequently the characteristics of the staphylococcal cell membrane, ultimately modifying the sensitivity of these pathogens to triazene challenge. Our work has therefore extended the potential range of triazenes, which could yield novel antimicrobials with low levels of resistance

Supplementary material for the article: Dinić, J.; Novaković, M.; Podolski-Renić, A.; Vajs, V.; Tešević, V.; Isaković, A.; Pešić, M. Structural Differences in Diarylheptanoids Analogues from Alnus Viridis and Alnus Glutinosa Influence Their Activity and Selectivity towards Cancer Cells. Chemico-Biological Interactions 2016, 249, 36–45. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cbi.2016.02.019

Supplementary material for: [https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cbi.2016.02.019]Related to published version: [http://cherry.chem.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/2066

Supplementary data for the article: Dinić, J.; Novaković, M.; Podolski-Renić, A.; Stojković, S.; Mandić, B.; Tešević, V.; Vajs, V.; Isaković, A.; Pešić, M. 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. https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0034-1382993

Supplementary material for: [https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0034-1382993]Related to published version: [http://cherry.chem.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/1845

Anti-Inflammatory properties of Salograviolide A purified from Lebanese plant Centaurea ainetensis

This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Licens

The bear in Eurasian plant names: Motivations and models

Ethnolinguistic studies are important for understanding an ethnic group's ideas on the world, expressed in its language. Comparing corresponding aspects of such knowledge might help clarify problems of origin for certain concepts and words, e.g. whether they form common heritage, have an independent origin, are borrowings, or calques. The current study was conducted on the material in Slavonic, Baltic, Germanic, Romance, Finno-Ugrian, Turkic and Albanian languages. The bear was chosen as being a large, dangerous animal, important in traditional culture, whose name is widely reflected in folk plant names. The phytonyms for comparison were mostly obtained from dictionaries and other publications, and supplemented with data from databases, the co-authors' field data, and archival sources (dialect and folklore materials). More than 1200 phytonym use records (combinations of a local name and a meaning) for 364 plant and fungal taxa were recorded to help find out the reasoning behind bear-nomination in various languages, as well as differences and similarities between the patterns among them. Among the most common taxa with bear-related phytonyms were Arctostaphylos uva-ursi (L.) Spreng., Heracleum sphondylium L., Acanthus mollis L., and Allium ursinum L., with Latin loan translation contributing a high proportion of the phytonyms. Some plants have many and various bear-related phytonyms, while others have only one or two bear names. Features like form and/or surface generated the richest pool of names, while such features as colour seemed to provoke rather few associations with bears. The unevenness of bear phytonyms in the chosen languages was not related to the size of the language nor the present occurence of the Brown Bear in the region. However, this may, at least to certain extent, be related to the amount of the historical ethnolinguistic research done on the selected languages

Substituent efects on the carbon-13 chemical shifts in α-phenylpyridylacrylic acids

The 13C N.M.R. spectra of some substituted α-phenylpyridylacrylic acids, α-phenyl, α-(3-pyrydyl) and α-(3-pyrydyl-N-oxide) cinnamic acids were determined in deuterated dimethyl sulfoxide (d6-DMSO). It has been shown that the subsitutent chemical shifts (SCS) for Cβatom ethylenic bond of the examined compounds correlated linearely with the summ of the corresponding substituent constants in the both rings (σx + σY). This correlation was interpreted as evidence that the electronic effects of both substituents are involved in conjugated aromatic system. © 1992

Chemical composition of the essential oil of micromeria albanica (Griseb. ex K. Maly) Silic

The composition of the essential oil of the Balkan peninsula endemic plant Micromeria albanica (Griseb. ex. K. Maly) Silic was analyzed for the first time by GC and GC/MS. The oil, which was present in 0.9% (v/w) yield, was found to contain piperitenone oxide (44.0%) as the major constituent. © 1999, Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. All rights reserved