Mariana Popescu

ORCID: 0000-0001-6933-6678
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Research Areas
  • Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity
  • Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities
  • Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography
  • Phytochemical and Pharmacological Studies
  • Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications
  • Biofuel production and bioconversion
  • Advanced Chemical Sensor Technologies
  • Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction
  • Enzyme Catalysis and Immobilization
  • Edible Oils Quality and Analysis
  • Fermentation and Sensory Analysis
  • Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery
  • Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact
  • Pesticide Residue Analysis and Safety
  • Collagen: Extraction and Characterization
  • Fatty Acid Research and Health
  • Curcumin's Biomedical Applications
  • Bee Products Chemical Analysis
  • Insect and Pesticide Research
  • Adsorption, diffusion, and thermodynamic properties of materials
  • Food Industry and Aquatic Biology
  • Biodiesel Production and Applications
  • Horticultural and Viticultural Research
  • Real estate and construction management
  • Architecture, Modernity, and Design

Titu Maiorescu University
2017-2025

University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Cluj-Napoca
2025

University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova
2012-2025

Institutul Naţional de Cercetare Dezvoltare pentru Chimie si Petrochimie
1989-2020

National Institute for Research and Development in Informatics - ICI Bucharest
2017-2020

National Institute for Research and Development for Industrial Ecology
2017-2019

Research & Development Institute
2018

University of Agronomic Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Bucharest
2018

Universitatea Națională de Știință și Tehnologie Politehnica București
2014

Ovidius University
2008

The poor water solubility of natural antioxidants restricts their bioavailability and therapeutic use. We aimed to develop a new phytosome formulation with active compounds from extracts ginger (GINex) rosehips (ROSAex) designed increase bioavailability, antioxidant anti-inflammatory properties. phytosomes (PHYTOGINROSA-PGR) were prepared freeze-dried GINex, ROSAex phosphatidylcholine (PC) in different mass ratios using the thin-layer hydration method. PGR was characterized for structure,...

10.3390/pharmaceutics15041066 article EN cc-by Pharmaceutics 2023-03-25

Cancer is one of the leading causes mortality worldwide, and despite significant advances in treatment plans drug development, survival prospects are still low, side effects life altering. This article examines plant-derived extracts their therapeutic potential against various types hepatocellular carcinoma as a means inducing fewer compared to existing treatments. The focus on vitro synergistic effect silver bio-nanoparticles obtained from Clematis vitalba, Melissa officinalis, Taraxacum...

10.20944/preprints202501.1828.v1 preprint EN 2025-01-24

Background/Objectives: Cancer remains one of the leading causes mortality worldwide. Despite significant advancements in treatment strategies and drug development, survival rates remain low adverse effects conventional therapies severely impact patients’ quality life. This study evaluates therapeutic potential plant-derived extracts hepatocellular carcinoma treatment, with a focus on minimizing side while enhancing efficacy. Methods: research investigates vitro synergistic effect silver...

10.3390/biomedicines13030641 article EN cc-by Biomedicines 2025-03-05

Abstract In this study, microwave assisted a hydrodistillation process (MWHD) of essential oils from lavender (Lavandula angustifolia Miller) was investigated. order to examine any potential differences in oil extraction, the flowers underwent enzymatic pretreatment. A 23 factorial design experiments, combined with statistical methods data analysis were used optimize pretreatment and evaluate influence major variables (enzyme concentration, temperature pH) on performance extraction. Under...

10.2478/s11532-014-0532-4 article EN Open Chemistry 2014-02-20

Green chemistry is a pharmaceutical industry tool, which, when implemented correctly, can lead to minimization in resource consumption and waste. An aqueous extract of Salix alba L. was employed for the efficient rapid synthesis silver/gold particle nanostructures via an inexpensive, nontoxic eco-friendly procedure. The nanoparticles were physicochemically characterized using ultraviolet-visible spectroscopy (UV-Vis), Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR), dynamic light scattering (DLS), X-ray...

10.3390/ph16010048 article EN cc-by Pharmaceuticals 2022-12-29

A study was conducted to investigate the organic compounds residues in different types of coffee from market Romania.High pressure liquid chromatography with fluorescence detector (HPLC), respectively gas electron capture detection (GC-ECD) used for determination 7 polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and 9 organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) samples.It found that concentrations PAHs samples varied 0.001 µg/Kg 90.732 µg/Kg.B[a]P absent green samples.The limits ranged 0.02 ng/kg 0.04...

10.30638/eemj.2008.089 article EN Environmental Engineering and Management Journal 2008-01-01

Abstract Collagen is one of the predominant proteins found in all multicellular animals. In this paper, performance ultrafiltration process (UF) for concentrating collagen protein was studied by performing batch experiments using a membrane module with an effective area 28 cm 2 and equipped regenerated cellulose molecular weight cut‐off 5 kDa. The feed solution consisted aqueous solutions bovine hydrolysate 10 effects concentration (1%, 2%, 3%, 4%, 5%) on were determined. optimum operating...

10.1002/pen.25486 article EN Polymer Engineering and Science 2020-08-05

Essential oils were obtained from different parts of Agastache foeniculum (Lophanthus anisatus) plants by means extraction: green extraction using hydro-distillation (HD) and bio-solvent distillation, BiAD, discontinuous supercritical fluid extraction, in two stages: (1) with CO2, (2) CO2 ethanol co-solvent. The yields determined. yield values varied for the plant, as well method extraction. Thus, they had 0.62 ± 0.020 0.92 0.015 g/100 g samples whole aerial 0.75 0.008 1.06 0.005 leaves,...

10.3390/molecules27227737 article EN cc-by Molecules 2022-11-10

10.4310/jdg/1214434605 article FR Journal of Differential Geometry 1978-01-01

Gold nanoparticles are considered the newest drug carriers for different diseases. Therefore it is appropriate continuous optimization of their preparation. In this study, gold colloids with an average size 1 - 26 nm were obtained by reduction tetrachloroauric acid trisodium citrate. The nanomaterials characterized UV-Vis spectroscopy and dynamic light scattering technique. addition, zeta potential was measured samples synthesized in order to determine stability colloids. A Two-level Full...

10.37358/rc.17.7.5707 article EN Revista de Chimie 2017-08-15

Abstract Slow-release microencapsulated N, P, and K fertilizer synthesis was optimized the products exhaustively characterized. Four NPK formulations with nutrient mass ratios of 1:0:0, 1:1:0, 1:1:1, 2:1:1 were characterized following European Council Regulation 2003/2003 for fertilizers as well ICP-AES, 1H-NMR, FT-IR, HPLC, elemental analysis, XPS, SEM, dynamic light scattering, thermogravimetry, differential activity index, leaching rate. These have good slow-release properties decrease...

10.1515/chem-2015-0098 article EN cc-by Open Chemistry 2015-01-01

The fate of organochlorine compounds in soil ecosystem is shaped by their physical-chemical properties and environmental conditions. high persistence polychlorobiphenyls (PCBs) given a slow degradation which varies from months to years (the half-life PCB 28 10.9 years, 52, 11.2 years). Due lipophilicity, these carcinogenic can be easily uptaken plants transferred the food chain. widespread use medicinal plant, Mentha Piperita, pharmaceutical industry represents risk contamination pollution....

10.37358/rc.19.1.6899 article EN cc-by Revista de Chimie 2019-02-15

A design of experiment (DoE) approach is presented for the optimization Alendronate-hydroxyapatite nanoparticles� synthesis. The synthesis was performed using chemical precipitation technique from calcium nitrate, diammonium hydrogen phosphate and alendronate. Synthesis temperature, reactant addition rate ripening time were chosen as most relevant experimental factors our Design Experiments used in order to measure these conclusive process parameters their effect on controlling some final...

10.37358/rc.18.8.6451 article EN Revista de Chimie 2018-09-15

The purpose of this study was to produce additional data for the valorization process vegetable waste originating from dietary supplement technology. Two types different technological processes sea buckthorn oil were used: organic solvent extraction (P1) and cold (P2). Batch experiments evaluated influence pH, initial metal concentration, contact time, Langmuir Freundlich adsorption isotherms. following pollutants—Cu, Cr, Co, Ni, Pb Zn—from wastewater studied. removal efficiency metals at pH...

10.3390/su13031441 article EN Sustainability 2021-01-29
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