Dr. Jovana Petrović

Dr. Jovana Petrović

jovana0303@ibiss.bg.ac.rs

Academic title: : Research Associate

Participant: P6

Date of birth: 3. March 1985, Zemun, Serbia

Institution: University of Belgrade, Institute for Biological Research “Siniša Stanković”, National Institute of the Republic of Serbia (SRO acronym: IBISS), Bulevar despota Stefana 142, 11060 Belgrade, Serbia

Jovana Petrović is Research Associate at Mycological laboratory, Department of Plant Physiology, Institute for Biological Research “Siniša Stanković”. Up till now, Jovana Petrovic’s current bibliography includes a total of 35 bibliographic units, out of which 3 belong to M21a, 10 to M21, 5 to M22 category. Her manuscripts have been cited more than 280 times, and value of her h-index is 12, based on the Scopus database.  Dr Petrović is mostly interested in chemical characterization and biological activities evaluation of wild growing and commercial mushrooms, as well as edible and medicinal plants. Furthermore, she is interested in identification of bioactive principles and estimation of their activity and toxicity. Dr Jovana Petrović was a team member in several domestic and international projects, a leader of the bilateral project with Belarus “Increased optical purity of natural monoterpenoids as potential enhancer tool for their improved biological activity” for period 2020-2021, a reviewer in peer-reviewed journals and a member of several scientific societies.

List of five publications relevant to the FUNPRO project:

  1. Petrović, J., Glamočlija, J., Ilić-Tomić, T., Soković, M., Robajac, D., Nedić, O., Pavić, A. (2020): Lectin from Laetiporus sulphureus effectively inhibits angiogenesis and tumor development in the zebrafish xenograft models of colorectal carcinoma and melanoma. Int. J. Biol. Macromol., 148:129-139. doi: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2020.01.033. PMID: 31935408. IF 2020 (6.737), Chemistry, Applied 7/74,
  2. Barać, M., Vučić, T., Žilić, S., Pešić, M., Soković, M., Petrović, J., Kostić, A., Sredović Ignjatović, I., Milinčić, D. (2019): The Effect of In Vitro Digestion on Antioxidant, ACE-Inhibitory and Antimicrobial Potentials of Traditional Serbian White-Brined Cheeses, Foods, 8, 94; doi:10.3390/foods8030094. Food Science & Technology IF (2019) 4.092.
  3. Petrović, J.D., Fernandes, Â., Stojković, D., Soković, M., Barros, L., Ferreira, I.C., Shekhar, A., Glamočlija, J.: A Step Forward Towards Exploring Nutritional and Biological Potential of Mushrooms: A Case Study of Calocybe gambosa (Fr.) Donk Wild Growing in Serbia. (2022): Pol. J. Food Nutr. Sci.:17-26. doi:10.31883/pjfns/144836., IF 2.111 (Food Science & Technology, 91/144).
  4. López-Hortas, L.,. Caleja, C., Pinela, J., Petrović, J., Soković, M., Ferreira, I.C.F.R., Torres, M.D., Domínguez, H., Pereira, E., Barros, L. (2022): Comparative evaluation of physicochemical profile and bioactive properties of red edible seaweed Chondrus crispus subjected to different drying methods. Food Chem., 383, 132450, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem. Food Science & Technology 7/144, IF 2020 (7.514).
  5. Finimundy, T.C., Karkanis, A., Fernandes, Â., Petropoulos, S.A., Calhelha, R., Petrović, J., Soković, M., Rosa, E., Barros, L., Ferreira, I.C.F.R. (2020): Bioactive properties of Sanguisorba minor L. cultivated in central Greece under different fertilization regimes. Food Chem., 327, 127043. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2020.127043. Food Science & Technology 7/144, IF 2020 (7.514).

List of relevant previous projects or activities, connected to the subject of FUNPRO project:

2018-2019: Activities within the national and international projects regarding extraction and identification of bioactive compounds in wild growing and cultivated mushrooms.