Mineralogical and physicochemical analysis of healing mud from spa Vrujci was
performed by ICP-OES analysis and FTIR and micro-Raman spectroscopy. The
therapeutic effect of mud was improved by plant extracts implementation

Arsić, Ivana A.

Bajuk-Bogdanović, Danica V.

Dojčinović, Biljana P.

Holclajtner-Antunović, Ivanka D.

Pavlović, M.

Runjaić-Antić, D.

Tadić, Vanja

Čutović, M.

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       PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY 2010  10th International Conference on Fundamental and Applied Aspects of Physical Chemistry  Proceedings      The Conference is dedicated to the 100th Anniversary of the academician Pavle Savić birthday and 20th Anniversary of the Society of Physical Chemists of Serbia         21-24 September 2010 B E L G R A D E                            ISBN 978-86-82475-17-0 Title: Physical Chemistry 2010. (Proceedings) Editors: S. Anić and Ž. Čupić Published by: Society of Physical Chemists of Serbia, Studentski trg 12-16 P.O.Box 47, 11158 Beograd, 218, Srbija Publisher: Society of Physical Chemists of Serbia For Publisher: S. Anić, President of Society of Physical Chemists of Serbia Printed by: “Jovan” Printing and Publishing Company; 200 Copies; Number of pages 16 + 388, Format: B5; Printing finished in September 2010.  Text and Layout: “Jovan”  200 - Copy printing    II   The Society of Physical Chemists of Serbia  in co-operation with   Institute of Catalysis, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences  Boreskov Institute of Catalysis, Siberian Branch of  the Russian Academy of Sciences  Faculty of Physical Chemistry, University of Belgrade, Serbia  Institute of Chemistry Technology and Metallurgy, University of Belgrade, Serbia  Vinča Institute, University of Belgrade, Serbia   Institute of General and Physical Chemistry, Serbia                         IV  International Organizing Committee  Chairman:             S. Anić (Serbia) Vice-chairman:     N. Stepanov (Russia)                                B. Adnađević (Serbia)  Members: M. Gabrovska (Bulgaria), N. Cvijetićanin (Serbia), T. Grozdić (Serbia),  D. Jovanović (Serbia), M. Lalić (BiH), D. Marković (Serbia), B. Milosavljević (USA), N. Miljević (Serbia), M. Mojović (Serbia), N. Ostrovski (Serbia), C. Pona (Italy), B. Simonović (Serbia), D. Stanisavljev (Serbia), A. G. Stepanov (Russia), V. Vasić (Serbia), N. Vukelić (Serbia), V. Vukojević (Sweden)   International Scientific Committee  Chairman:              Ž. Čupić (Serbia) Vice-chairmans:     V. N. Parmon (Russia)                                 M. Franko (Slovenia)  V. Vasić (Serbia)  Members: A. Antić-Jovanović (Serbia), G. Bačic (Serbia), R. Cervellati (Italy), R. Compton (United Kingdom), V. Gaspar (Hungary),  M. Jeremić (Serbia), A. L. Kawczyñski (Poland), Lj. Kolar-Anić (Serbia), S. Kuchanov (Russia), R. Leblanc (USA),  S. Mentus (Serbia), S. Milonjić (Serbia), Lj. Morozova-Roche (Sweden),  D. Moscone (Italy), J. Nedeljković (Serbia), Z. Noszticzius (Hungary), M. Perić (Serbia), V. Petruševski (Macedonia), M. Plavšić (Serbia), G. Smulevich (Italy),  G. Schmitz (Belgium), I. Schreiber (Czech), P. Ševčik (Slovakia), N. Stepanov (Russia), M. Trtica (Serbia), D. Veselinović (Serbia)  Local Executive Committee  Chairman:              B. Adnadjević Vice-chairmans:    S. Blagojević                                 A. Ivanović  Members: A. Abu Rabi-Stanković, P. Banković, N. Begović, S. N. Blagojević,  N. Cvjetičanin, M. Daković, A. Đerić, A. Ignjatović, Lj. Ignjatović, A. Jović,  J. Krstić, S. Kuprešak, D. Lončarević, J. Maksimović, V. Marković, M. Milenković, M. Milojević, Z. Mojović, B. Nedić, I. Pašti, N. Pejić, A. Popović-Bjelić, M. Petković, N. Potkonjak, D. Ranković, R. Ranković, M. Stević,  I. Stojković, B. Šljukić, M. Vujković    VPHYSICOCHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF MINERAL MUD FROM SPA VRUJCI  I. Holclajtner-Antunović,1 M. Pavlović,2 B. Dojčinović,3 V. Tadić,4 M. Čutović,5  D. Bajuk-Bogdanović,1 I. Arsić4 and D. Runjaić-Antić4  1Faculty of Physical Chemistry, P.O. Box 47, 11158 Belgrade, 2Institute of Nuclear Sciences Vinča, 3Center of Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, Technology and Metallurgy, 4Institute for Medicinal Plant Research, Belgrade, 5School of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Serbia  Abstract Mineralogical and physicochemical analysis of healing mud from spa Vrujci was performed by ICP-OES analysis and FTIR and micro-Raman spectroscopy. The therapeutic effect of mud was improved by plant extracts implementation.  Introduction Spa Vrujci is situated on the banks of the Toplica River. Thermal water (temperature 27oC) brings the finest mud (rich in minerals) from the depths. For therapeutic purposes peloid mud, combined with exposure to the sun, is used for different treatments (various rheumatic diseases, sciatica, varicous veins, and skin diseases). Medicinal mud consists of tiny, fine particles that enable close contact with the skin and strong therapeutic effect. These therapeutic effects are improved by plant extracts implementation. For the explanation of the therapeutic effects it is indispensable to perform the complete analysis of mineral water and mud. In this study detailed mineralogical and physicochemical analysis of healing mud from spa Vrujci is performed.  Experimental The healing mud from two sources in spa Vrujci was analyzed. The chemical composition was determined by inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectroscopy (ICP-OES), using a Thermo Scientific iCAP 6500 Duo ICP spectrometer. Prior to analysis by ICP-OES, the microwave-assisted acid digestion of samples was performed by means of ETHOS 1 Advanced Microwave Digestion System (Milestone, Italy) using HPR-1000/10S high pressure segmented rotor.  The acid mixture consisting of 5 mL H3PO4 85%, 3 mL HCl 37% and 0.5 mL HF 40%.  was used for the acid digestion. The sample dissolution procedures of microwave-assisted wet-acid decomposition and acid attack in open beaker were compared. The analytes were determined using multi-element matrix matched standard solutions. The accuracy of the method was checked by use of the standard reference material NCS DC73302, which has a chemical composition very close to the analyzed mud. Besides the main components, Si, Al, Fe, Ca, Mg, Ba, K, Na and Ti, essential and beneficial elements, Cu, Zn, Mn, Ni, Co and Se  and heavy and toxic elements such as Pb, Cd, Hg, As, Sb, Tl, Bi and Te were determined. 676The mineralogical composition of the mud was determined by FTIR and micro-Raman spectroscopy. FTIR spectra of the powdered samples, dispersed in potassium bromide and compressed into pellets, were recorded in the range of 4000–400 cm–1, at 64 scans per spectrum, with 2 cm–1 resolution, using a Nicolet 6700 FTIR Spectrometer (Thermo Scientific). Micro-Raman spectra were recorded on a DXR Raman Microscope (Termo Scientific). The 532 nm line of a diode-pumped solid state high brightness laser was used as the exciting radiation and the power of illumination at the sample surface ranged between 3 and 10 mW.  Results and discussion The water content of crude mud was 31,4 % and 32.6% for the source 1 and 2 respectively; pH of mud slurries was 7.8. The organic component was determined to be only about 5%. The microbiological analysis was performed as well. The influence of matrix elements Al, Fe, Ca, Mg and K on determination of trace elements Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Mn, Ni V and Zn was investigated. It is shown that matrix elements present in concentration corresponding to analysed mud have negligible effect between 1.5 and 6% on Cd, Zn and Ni. The results of spectrochemical analysis determined for the main, minor and trace components are presented in Table 1. Analysis of FTIR and micro-Raman spectra of crude mud from both source presented in Fig. 1, indicates that the most abundant mineral component is quartz. Broad band at 3440, and band in the region about 1630 cm-1, assigned to water, is indication of some clay minerals which were identified as kaolinite and montmorinollite. Calcite identified by the broad band at 1433 cm-1 and sharp band at 877 cm-1 in FTIR spectra, is present in relatively low concentration in accordance with spectrochemical results (Table 1). On the basis of Raman spectra albite, hematite, rutile and anatase were also identified in healing mud.  Table 1. Chemical composition of main and trace components of healing mud Concentration, % Source SiO2 Al2O3 Fe2O3 CaO MgO BaO MnO K2O Na2O TiO2 1 64.8 13.1 5.9 1.1 3.5 0.5 1.7 2.5 1.5 1.1 2 60.4 13.2 6.2 1.0 3.5 0.5 1.4 2.5 1.4 1.1 Concentration, ppm Source Cr Cu Zn V Co Ni Pb Cd Zr Ce 1 235 52 116 92 13 122 52 32 69 91 2 238 50 120 100 13 122 58 31 74 92    677                 Fig.1. FTIR spectra of mud from: a) source 1 and b) source 2 (left) and micro-Raman spectra of minerals identified in mud (right).  On the basis of all presented results, it can be concluded that healing effects of mud from Vrujci is based on its very rich minerological composition and convenient morfological and textural characteristics. Therefore this mud after sterilization by γ radiation was used in combination with plant extracts for preparing of various healing phytopreparations. The pharmacological activity of the new preparations is determined by carefully selected plants extracts combination and their composition of bioactive substances. 678

Physicochemical characterization of mineral mud from spa Vrujci

Mineralogical and physicochemical analysis of healing mud from spa Vrujci wasperformed by ICP-OES analysis and FTIR and micro-Raman spectroscopy. Thetherapeutic effect of mud was improved by plant extracts implementation

Dojčinović, Biljana

Bajuk-Bogdanović, Danica

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Physicochemical characterization of mineral mud from spa Vrujci

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