Ce travail de recherche est centré sur la valorisation de deux Euphorbiacées : Ricinus communis et Jatropha curcas. La première est une espèce autochtone connue comme plante dont l’huile des graines est utilisée pour ses vertus cosmétiques quant à la deuxième, c’est une espèce allochtone récemment introduite à titre expérimental en Tunisie et connue comme plante bioénergetique. Pour le ricin huit populations Tunisiennes ont été étudiées: Riadh Andalous, Nefza, Béja, Nabeul, Hammamet, Bouficha, Khanguet Hajej et Aouled Amer. Quant au jatropha, le matériel végétal est récolté dans la station expérimentale de Nabeul (Tunisie). Il s’agit de huit populations qui proviennent d’Arusha en Tanzanie, de Mozambique, de Suriname et de Brésil à partir de cinq provenances à savoir : Paranà, Norte de Minas, Mato Grosso, Regiao sudeste et Vale do Jequitinhonha. Le travail comprend une première partie consacrée à une étude bibliographique. Une deuxième partie est consacrée aux matériels et méthodes utilisés et une dernière partie qui montre l’ensemble des résultats obtenues. Ainsi, les résultats montrent que les extraits des feuilles des populations des deux espèces étudiées sont plus riches en composés phénoliques que les extraits des racines. L’étude phytochimique a montré que le ricin contient surtout de l’acide gentisique. Quant au jatropha, il contient surtout de l’épicatechine et de la naringine. L’étude chimique des huiles fixes des deux espèces montrent que l’huile de ricin renferme essentiellement d’acide ricinoléique. Quant à l’huile de jatropha, elle contient deux acides gras en proportions majeures qui sont l’acide oléique et l’acide linoléique. L’évaluation des activités anti-oxydantes des extraits des deux espèces indique une corrélation positive entre ces activités et les teneurs en composés phénoliques. Par ailleurs, l’étude de l’activité anti-acétylcholinestérase des extraits testés montrent que ces extraits sont des inhibiteurs de l’AChE plus puissants que la galanthamine utilisée comme contrôle positif. Notre étude a confirmé que les différents extraits de ricin et de jatropha, autres que les huiles fixes, peuvent donc être exploités pour d’autres activités biologiques, parmi les quelles l’action inhibitrice de l’AChE une des principales cibles des traitements contre la maladie l’Alzheimer et le piégeage des radicaux libres, en raison de leur richesse en composés phénoliques / The aim of this study is to promote two Euphorbiaceae plants the Ricinus communis and the Jatropha curcas, the first one is known for its oil used in the cosmetic products, whereas the second one is known especially for its seeds used in the production of biodiesel. For the castor plant, eight Tunisian populations are studied: Riadh Andalous, Nefza, Beja, Nabeul, Hammamet, Bouficha, Khanguet Hajej and Aouled Amer. For the jatropha, recently introduced in Tunisia, the plant material is collected from the Nabeul station (Tunisia). Eight populations coming from Arusha in Tanzania, Mozambique, Suriname and Brazil from regions of Paraná, Minas Norte, Mato Grosso, Regiao sudeste and Vale do Jequitinhonha are studied. In first, a bibliographic study is made. In second, the used materials and methods are cited. Fanilly, all the results are mentioned. The study shows that the phenolic compounds are higher in the leaves extracts than in the roots extracts for both species. The phytochemical study shows that the gentisic acid is the major phenolic compound identified in the castor plant extracts. In contrast, the epicatechin and the naringin are the most important phenolic compounds identified in the jatropha extracts. The GC-MS analysis reveals that the castor oil contains mainly the ricinoleic acid. For the jatropha oil, two major fatty acids are identified: the oleic and the linoleic acids. Results of the antioxidant properties of leaves and roots of both species indicate a positive correlation between the leaves and the roots activities and their contents of phenolic compounds. Furthermore, the anti-acetylcholinesterase activity of the tested extracts shows for the first time that some tested extracts are more active than the galantamine used as a positive control. Our study confirmed that, in addition to their oils, different extracts of the castor plant and the jatropha can be used for biological activities such as the scavenging free radicals and the inhibitory action of AChE enzyme, which is a major target for treatments against the Alzheimer's disease due to their high levels of phenolic compounds. Owing to the activities of the leaves and the roots extracts confirmed by this study, the agricultural exploitation of the castor plant and the jatropha can be economically more profitable

<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; Cilj ove doktorske disertacije predstavljao je ispitivanje fitohemijskog sastava i biolo&scaron;ke aktivnosti vodenih i metanolnih ekstrakata svežih i suvih plodova, kao&nbsp; i pekmeza&nbsp; pripremljenog&nbsp; po tradicionalnoj recepturi od plodova&nbsp; četiri (od kojih se jedna javlja u dve forme)&nbsp; samonike&nbsp; vrsta&nbsp; roda&nbsp; <em>Sorbus</em>&nbsp; L.:&nbsp; S.<em> aucuparia</em>, S.<em> domestica</em>, S. <em>torminalis</em>&nbsp; f.&nbsp; t<em>orminalis</em>, S. <em>torminalis</em>&nbsp; f. <em>semitorminalis</em>&nbsp; i&nbsp; S. intermedia Ispitivanje fitohemijskog sastava obuhvatalo je LC-MS/MS analizu&nbsp; 44 odabrana fenolna jedinjenja&nbsp; i&nbsp; hinske kiseline (organska&nbsp; kiselina). Takođe, spektrofotometrijski je&nbsp; određen&nbsp; sadržaj&nbsp; ukupnih fenolnih i flavonoidnih jedinjenja, kao i&nbsp; sadržaj askorbinske kiseline. Evaluacija biolo&scaron;ke aktivnosti obuhvatala je&nbsp; <em>in vitro&nbsp; </em>ispitivanja antioksidantne aktivnosti, kao i ispitivanje uticaja ekstrakata odabranih vrsta&nbsp; roda&nbsp;<em> Sorbus</em>&nbsp; na aktivnost enzima acetilholinesteraze, antimikrobni, kao i antiproliferativni potencijal.</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; Sumiranjem dobijenih rezultata može se zaključiti da sveži i suvi plodovi ispitivanih vrsta&nbsp; <em>Sorbus</em>,&nbsp; kao i&nbsp; pekmezi&nbsp; predstavljaju&nbsp; umeren izvor&nbsp; fenolnih jedinjenja.&nbsp; Kao najzastupljenije fenolne kiseline izdvojile su se protokatehinska i&nbsp; ferulna, a među flavonoidima amentoflavon i kvercetin-3<em>-O-</em>glukozid.&nbsp; Pored toga, hinska kiselina je zabeležena u značajnoj količini u svim analiziranim ekstraktima.</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Ekstrakti ispitivanih vrsta pokazali su&nbsp; umeren&nbsp; antioksidantni potencijal koji se ogleda u njihovoj sposobnosti neutralizacije nekoliko radikalskih vrsta, redukcionom potencijalu i sposobnosti inhibicije lipidne peroksidacije.&nbsp; Ispitivanjem uticaja ekstrakata odabranih vrsta&nbsp;<em> Sorbus</em>&nbsp; naaktivnost&nbsp; enzima&nbsp; acetilholinesteraze&nbsp; dokazana&nbsp; je&nbsp; jedino&nbsp; umerena aktivnost&nbsp; ekstrakata vrste&nbsp; <em>S. aucuparia</em>.&nbsp; Takođe, ispitivani ekstrakti&nbsp; vrsta roda&nbsp; <em>Sorbus</em>&nbsp; ispoljili su umerenu&nbsp; antimikrobnu&nbsp; aktivnost u pogledu inhibicije&nbsp; rasta Gram pozitivne bakterije,&nbsp; <em>Staphylococcus aureus</em>, i Gram negativne bakterije,&nbsp;<em> Escherichia coli</em>.&nbsp; Vodeni i metanolni ekstrakti svežih i suvih plodova vrste&nbsp; <em>S. aucuparia</em>&nbsp; pokazali su umeren i inhibitorni potencijal prema rastu tumorskih (HeLa, MCF7, HT-29), ali i netumorskih ćelijskih linija (MRC-5).&nbsp; Rezultati dobijeni u ovoj doktorskoj distertaciji&nbsp; ukazuju na značajan&nbsp; biopotencijal plodova i pekmeza&nbsp; ispitivanih vrsta&nbsp;<em> Sorbus</em>&nbsp; i ukazuju na njihovu primenu u prehrambenoj industriji u vidu funkcionalne hrane.</p> / <p>The aim of presented&nbsp; PhD&nbsp; thesis was investigation of phytochemical composition and biological activity of water and methanol extracts of fresh and air-dried&nbsp; fruits, as&nbsp;&nbsp; well&nbsp; as&nbsp; jam,&nbsp; made according to traditional recipe,&nbsp; of fruits&nbsp; of four&nbsp; (one of them occurs in two forms)&nbsp; wild growing&nbsp; <em>Sorbus</em>&nbsp; L. species:&nbsp; <em>S. aucuparia, S. domestica, S. torminalis&nbsp; f. torminalis, S. torminalis f. semitorminalis</em> and <em>S. intermedia</em>. Examination of phytochemical composition included LC-MS/MS analysis of 44 selected phenolic compounds&nbsp; and&nbsp; quinic acid (organic acid).&nbsp; Also, total phenolic and flavonoid contents, as well as&nbsp; ascorbic acid&nbsp; content,&nbsp; were determined spectrophotometrically. Biological activity evaluation of extracts of<em>&nbsp; Sorbus</em>&nbsp; species included&nbsp;<em> in vitro&nbsp;</em> investigation of antioxidant, anti-acetylcholinesterase, antimicrobial&nbsp; and cytotoxic activity.</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; According to obtained results, fresh and air-dried&nbsp; fruits, as well as jam&nbsp; present&nbsp; moderate&nbsp; source of phenolic compounds. Amongs examined phenolic acids protocatechuic&nbsp; and ferulic acids were the most abundant, and amongs investigated flavonoids amentoflavone and quercetin-3-<em>O</em>-glucoside wete present in noticeable amount.&nbsp; Furthermore, high concentration of quinic acid was present in all examined extracts.</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; Extracts of all examined species showed&nbsp; moderate&nbsp;&nbsp; antioxidant activity in terms of radical scavenging ability, reduction potential and inhibition of lipid peroxidation.&nbsp; Also, investigation of&nbsp; anti-acetylcholinesterase activity revealed moderate activity only of extracts of <em>S. aucuparia</em>. Furthermore, examinated extracts of<em> Sorbus</em> species showedmoderate antimicrobial activity against Gram&ndash;positive bacteria, <em>Staphylococcus aureus</em>, and Gram-negative bacteria,&nbsp;<em> Escherichia coli</em>.&nbsp; In addition, water&nbsp; and methanol&nbsp; extracts of fresh and air-dried&nbsp; fruits of&nbsp;<em> S.aucuparia</em>&nbsp; showed&nbsp; inhibitory activity toward&nbsp; tumor (HeLa, MCF7, HT-29), and also non-tumor (MRC-5) cell lines. Presented results indicate significant&nbsp; biopotential of examined&nbsp; fruits of&nbsp; <em>Sorbus&nbsp;</em> species&nbsp; and&nbsp; support their use in food industry as functional food.</p>

<p>Prema postavljenim ciljevima u ovoj doktorskoj disertaciji sakupljeno je i&nbsp;<br />determinisano&nbsp;ukupno&nbsp;sedam&nbsp;vrsta&nbsp;autohtonih&nbsp;gljiva&nbsp;sa&nbsp;područja&nbsp;Fru&scaron;ke&nbsp;gore, Tare i&nbsp; Vr&scaron;ačkog brega, pet lignikolnih&nbsp;‐&nbsp;<em>Bjerkandera adusta</em>,&nbsp;<em>Pleurocybella&nbsp; porrigens</em>,&nbsp;St<em>ereum&nbsp;hirsutum,&nbsp;Stereum&nbsp;subtomentosum</em>&nbsp;i&nbsp;Trametes&nbsp;versicolor,&nbsp;i&nbsp;<br />dve&nbsp; terikolne&nbsp;‐&nbsp;<em>Amanita&nbsp; strobiliformis</em>&nbsp;i Hydnum repandum. Utvrđena je&nbsp; njihova&nbsp;biolo&scaron;ka&nbsp;aktivnost&nbsp;(antiradikalska,&nbsp;antioksidativna,&nbsp;antimikrobna,&nbsp;anti‐acetilholinesterazna&nbsp;i&nbsp;citotokisčna)&nbsp;spram&nbsp;hemijskog&nbsp;sastava&nbsp;njihovih&nbsp;vodenih&nbsp;<br />(H₂O),&nbsp;etanolnih&nbsp;(EtOH),&nbsp;metanolnih&nbsp;(MeOH)&nbsp;i&nbsp;polisaharidnih&nbsp;(PSH)&nbsp;ekstrakata.&nbsp;<br />Analiza&nbsp;hemijskog&nbsp;sastava&nbsp;odabranih&nbsp;vrsta&nbsp;uključila&nbsp;je&nbsp;određivanje&nbsp;hemijske&nbsp;<br />karakterizacije&nbsp;PSH&nbsp;ekstrakata&nbsp;‐&nbsp;FTIR&nbsp;analizom,&nbsp;određivanje&nbsp;fenolnog&nbsp;profila&nbsp;‐&nbsp;<br />HPMC/MS‐MS,&nbsp;sadržaja&nbsp;organskih&nbsp;kiselina&nbsp;‐&nbsp;HPLC,&nbsp;sadržaja&nbsp;masnih&nbsp;kiselina&nbsp;‐&nbsp;<br />GC‐FID&nbsp;i&nbsp;sadržaja&nbsp;biogenih&nbsp;elemenata&nbsp;‐&nbsp;AAS.&nbsp;Spektrofotometrijskim&nbsp;metodama<br />određen je ukupan sadržaj proteina i ukupan sadržaj fenola i flavonoida.&nbsp;<br />Prema&nbsp;antiradikalskoj&nbsp;aktivnosti&nbsp;OH^{&bull; ,&nbsp;}O2^&bull;‐,&nbsp;OH^&bull;,&nbsp;Asc^&bull;,&nbsp;DPPH^&bull;&nbsp; i&nbsp;ABTS^&bull;+&nbsp;izdvojili&nbsp;<br />su&nbsp; se&nbsp; ekstrakti lignikolnih vrsta:&nbsp; MeOH ekstrakt vrste&nbsp;<em>P. porrigens</em>, H₂O&nbsp; ekstrakt&nbsp;<em>P.&nbsp;porrigens</em>,&nbsp;MeOH&nbsp;ekstrakt&nbsp;<em>T.&nbsp;versicolor</em>,&nbsp;H₂O&nbsp;ekstrakt&nbsp;<em>S.&nbsp;hirsutum, </em>MeOH&nbsp;ekstrakt&nbsp;<em>S.&nbsp;subtomentosum</em>&nbsp;i&nbsp;H₂O&nbsp;ekstrakt&nbsp;<em>B.&nbsp;adusta</em>,&nbsp;navedenim&nbsp;redom.&nbsp;<br />Najjaču antioksidativnu aktivnost dobijenu FRAP i polarografskom HPMC&nbsp;<br />metodom ispoljili su PSH i H₂O ekstrakti terikolne vrste&nbsp;<em>A. strobiliformis</em>.&nbsp;<br />Antimikrobna aktivnost analiziranih ekstrakata određena je ispitivanjem&nbsp;<br />antibakterijskog,&nbsp;antifungalnog&nbsp;i&nbsp;antiviralnog&nbsp;potencijala,&nbsp;pri&nbsp;čemu&nbsp;se&nbsp;izdvojila&nbsp;<br />vrsta&nbsp;<em> H.&nbsp; repandum</em>&nbsp;ispoljavajući najbolji efekat na Gram‐pozitivne i Gram‐<br />negativne bakterije i na sve analizirane fitopatogene izolate&nbsp;<em>(Fusarium&nbsp;</em>i&nbsp;<br />Alternaria)&nbsp;i<em>&nbsp;T.&nbsp;versicolor</em>&nbsp;na&nbsp;analizirani&nbsp;bakteriofag.&nbsp;Anti‐acetilholinesterazna&nbsp;<br />aktivnost određena je testovima in solid i in liquid, a najbolji procenat&nbsp;<br />inhibicije AChE ispoljili su EtOH ekstrakti vrsta&nbsp;<em>S. hirsutum</em>,&nbsp;<em>B. adusta</em>,&nbsp;<em>S</em>.&nbsp;<br /><em>subtomentosum</em>&nbsp;i&nbsp;<em>T.&nbsp;versicolor</em>.&nbsp;Citotoksična&nbsp;aktivnost&nbsp;ekstrakata&nbsp;određena&nbsp;je&nbsp;<br />MTT testom, a prema najboljoj ispoljenoj aktivnosti izdvojili su se MeOH&nbsp;<br />ekstrakt<em>&nbsp;P.&nbsp;porrigens&nbsp;</em>i&nbsp;ekstrakti<em>&nbsp;B.&nbsp;adusta</em>,&nbsp;H₂O&nbsp;i&nbsp;EtOH.&nbsp;Citotoksična&nbsp;aktivnost&nbsp;<br />ovih&nbsp;lignikolnih&nbsp;vrsta&nbsp;naročito&nbsp;je&nbsp;izražena&nbsp;nakon&nbsp;72&nbsp;h.&nbsp;Na&nbsp;osnovu&nbsp;dobijenih&nbsp;<br />rezultata, gde su se istakle različite vrste i njihovi različiti ekstrakti u&nbsp;<br />primenjenim&nbsp;testovima,&nbsp;jasno&nbsp;je&nbsp;da&nbsp;biolo&scaron;ka&nbsp;aktivnost&nbsp;i&nbsp;hemijski&nbsp;sastav&nbsp;zavise&nbsp;<br />od&nbsp;porekla,&nbsp;vrste&nbsp;i&nbsp;tipa&nbsp;ekstrakta&nbsp;analiziranih&nbsp;gljiva.&nbsp;Na&nbsp;osnovu&nbsp;tipa&nbsp;rastvarača&nbsp;<br />odnosno ekstrakata vrsta, koje su pokazale najbolju aktivnost spram pomenutih&nbsp; testova i na osnovu dobijenih korelacija kao i na osnovu detektovanih jedinjenja,&nbsp; pretpostavljamo da su za ispoljene aktivnosti u najvećoj meri odgovorna fenolna&nbsp; jedinjenja&nbsp;i&nbsp;polisaharidi.&nbsp;&nbsp;<br />&nbsp;<br />Ispoljeni&nbsp;biopotencijal&nbsp;analiziranih&nbsp;vrsta&nbsp;gljiva&nbsp;upućuje&nbsp;na&nbsp;njihovu&nbsp;potencijalnu&nbsp;<br />upotrebu kao funkcionalne hrane i nutraceutika, kao i u biokontroli&nbsp;<br />fitopatogena.</p> / <p>According&nbsp; to&nbsp; the&nbsp; set&nbsp; aims&nbsp; of&nbsp; the&nbsp; presented&nbsp; PhD&nbsp; thesis,&nbsp; seven&nbsp; autochthonous fungal species from the region of Fruska Gora, Tara&nbsp; and Vr&scaron;ac Mountains were collected and determined: five lignicolous ‐ <em>Bjerkandera&nbsp; adusta,&nbsp; Pleurocybella&nbsp; porrigens,&nbsp; Stereum&nbsp; hirsutum,&nbsp; Stereum subtomentosum and Trametes versicolor</em>, and two terricolous ‐ <em>Amanita strobiliformis </em>and <em>Hydnum repandum</em>. Biological activity of these&nbsp; species&nbsp; (antiradical,&nbsp; antioxidant,&nbsp; antimicrobial,&nbsp; anti‐ acetylcholinesterase and cytotoxic) was determined in relation to the chemical composition of the extracts, aqueous (H₂O), ethanolic (EtOH), methanolic (MeOH) and polysaccharide (PSH). Analysis of the chemical content of analyzed species included chemical characterization of PSH extracts&nbsp; &ndash;&nbsp; by&nbsp; FTIR&nbsp; analysis,&nbsp; determination&nbsp; of&nbsp; phenolic&nbsp; profile ‐ by HPMC/MS‐MS, content of organic acids ‐ by HPLC, fatty acid content ‐ by&nbsp; GC‐FID&nbsp; and&nbsp; content&nbsp; of&nbsp; biogenic&nbsp; elements ‐ by&nbsp; AAS. Spectrophotometric methods were applied for determination of the content of total proteins, polyphenols and flavonoids. According to the antiradical activity obtained towards OH^&bull;, О2^&bull;‐, OH^&bull;, Asc^&bull;, DPPH^&bull;&nbsp;and ABTS^&bull;+ extracts of lignicolous species were singled out: <em>P. porrigens&nbsp;</em> (MeOH&nbsp; extract),&nbsp;<em> P.&nbsp; porrigens</em>&nbsp; (H₂O&nbsp; extract),&nbsp;<em>T. versicolor</em>&nbsp;(MeOH&nbsp;&nbsp; extract),<em> S. hirsutum </em>(H₂O extract), <em>S. subtomentosum</em> (MeOH extract) and&nbsp;<em>B. austa</em> (H₂O&nbsp; extract),&nbsp; respectively. The&nbsp; highest antioxidant activity obtained by FRAP and the polarographic HPMC method was exhibited&nbsp; for PSH&nbsp; and&nbsp; H₂O extracts of the terricolous species&nbsp;<em>A. strobiliformis</em>. The intimicrobial activity of analyzed extracts was determined by examination of antibacterial, antifungal and antiviral potentials, whereby&nbsp; the species&nbsp; <em>H.&nbsp; repandum&nbsp;</em>was separated by exhibiting the best effect on Gram‐positive&nbsp; and Gram‐negative bacteria, and all the analyzed hytopathogenic isolates (<em>Fusarium, Alternaria</em>)&nbsp; and <em>T. versicolor</em>&nbsp;against analyzed bacteriophage. Anti‐cetylcholinesterase activity was determined by tests in solid and in liquid, while the best&nbsp; percent of AChE inhibition was showed by EtOH extracts of the species <em>S. hirsutum, B. adusta, S. subtomentosum </em>and <em>T. versicolor</em>.bThe cytotoxic activity of extracts was determined by MTT assay, and according to the best activity, the MeOH extract of <em>P. porrigens</em>, and H₂O and EtOH extracts of <em>B. adusta</em>&nbsp;were distinguished particularly after 72 h. Based on the results obtained, favoring different species and their different extracts in the applied tests, it is clear that the biological activity and chemical composition depend on the origin, species and type of extract of the analyzed fungi. Based on the type of solvent or extract of the species that showed the best activity in relation to the above tests and on the basis of the obtained correlations as well as on&nbsp; the basis of the detected compounds, we assume&nbsp; that&nbsp; the&nbsp; phenol compounds&nbsp; and&nbsp; polysaccharides&nbsp; are responsible for the activities performed.<br />Demonstrated bio‐potential of analyzed fungal species indicates their&nbsp; potential use as functional foods and nutraceutics, as well as in the biocontrol of phytopathogens.</p>

<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; Cilj ove doktorske disertacije predstavljalo je ispitivanje fitohemijskog sastava i biolo&scaron;ke aktivnosti vodenih i metanolnih ekstrakata svežih i suvih plodova, kao i voćne ka&scaron;e i džema pripremljenih po tradicionalnoj recepturi od plodova &scaron;est samoniklih vrsta <em>Rosa L.: R. canina, R. dumalis, R. dumetorum, R. tomentosa, R. arvensis, R. sempervirens. </em>Ispitivanje fitohemijskog sastava obuhvatalo je LC -MS/MS analizu 64 odabrana fenolna jedinjenja, hinske kiseline (organske kiseline) kao i tri triterpenoida. Takođe, izvr&scaron;eno je spektrofotometrijsko određivanje sadržaja ukupnih fenolnih i flavonoidnih jedinjenja, kao i vitamina C. Evaluacija biolo&scaron;ke aktivnosti obuhvatala je in vitro ispitivanja&nbsp; antioksidantne i antiinflamatorne aktivnosti, kao i ispitivanje uticaja ekstrakata odabranih vrsta Rosa na aktivnost enzima acetilholinesteraze i rast tumorskih i netumorskih ćelija.</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; Sumiranjem dobijenih rezultata može se zaključiti da sveži i suvi plodovi ispitivanih vrsta <em>Rosa</em>, kao i voćne ka&scaron;e i džemovi predstavljaju značajan izvor vitamina C i fenolnih jedinjenja, sa elagnom kiselinom kao najzastupljenijom fenolnom komponentom. Takođe u pojedinim ekstraktima vrsta<em> R. dumetorum</em> i<em> R. tomentosa</em> detektovana je visoka koncentracija ursolne kiseline, dok je hinska kiselina prisutna u značajnoj koncentraciji u svim ispitivanim ekstraktima.</p><p>&nbsp; &nbsp;Ekstrakti ispitivanih vrsta, izuzev vrste<em> Rosa arvensis</em>, pokazali su visok antioksidantni potencijal koji se ogleda u njihovoj sposobnosti neutralizacije nekoliko radikalskih vrsta, redukcionom potencijalu i sposobnosti inhibicije lipidne peroksidacije. Ispitivani ekstrakti ispoljili su umerenu antiinflamatornu aktivnost u pogledu inhibicije produkcije odabranih metabolita ciklooksigenaznog (12-HHT, TXB₂, PGE₂) i 12-lipooksigenaznog (12-HETE) metaboličkog puta arahidonske kiseline,&nbsp; posebno prostaglandina E&nbsp; . Takođe, in vitro ispitivanjem uticaja ekstrakata odabranih vrsta Rosa na aktivnost acetilholinesteraze pokazana je umerena aktivnost. Vodeni ekstrakti i ekstrakti voćnih ka&scaron;a vrsta <em>R. canina, R. tomentosa i R. sempervirens</em> pokazali su umereni inhibitorni potencijal prema rastu HeLa ćelijske linije, dok su ekstrakti vrste <em>R. sempervirens </em>pokazali aktivnost i prema HT-29 ćelijama. Dobijeni rezultati ukazuju na značajni potencijal plodova i tradicionalnih proizvoda ispitivanih vrsta <em>Rosa</em> za upotrebu u proizvodnji nutraceutika i funkcionalne hrane.</p> / <p>&nbsp;&nbsp; The aim of presented doctoral thesis was investigation of phytochemical composition and biological activity of water and methanol extracts of fresh and air-&nbsp; dried rose hips, as well as pur&eacute;e and jam made according to traditional recipe of&nbsp; hips of six wild growing<em> Rosa L. species: R. canina, R. dumalis, R. dumetorum, R</em>.&nbsp; <em>tomentosa, R. arvensis, and R. sempervirens.</em> Examination of phytochemical composition included LC-MS/MS analysis of 64 selected phenolic compounds, quinic&nbsp; acid (organic acid) and three triterpenoids. Also, total phenolic and flavonoid contents, as well as vitamin C contents were determined spectrophotometrically. Biological activity evaluation of extracts of six <em>Rosa</em> species included in vitro investigation of antioxidant, anti- inflammatory, anti-acetylcholinesterase and cytotoxic activity.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp; According to obtained results, fresh and air-dried rose hips, as well as their preserves present valuable source of vitamin C and phenolic compounds, especially&nbsp; ellagic acid, which was the most abundant examined phenolic compound. Furthermore, high concentration of ursolic acid was detected in some<em> Rosa &nbsp;</em> <em>tomentosa and R.&nbsp; rumetorum</em> extracts, while notable concentration of quinic acid&nbsp; was present in all examined extracts.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp; Extracts of all examined species, apart from <em>Rosa arvensis</em>, showed considerable antioxidant activity in terms of radical scavenging ability, reduction potential and inhibition of lipid peroxidation. Moreover, extracts exhibited moderate anti- inflammatory activity by means of inhibition of the main arachidonic acid metabolites &nbsp; formed incyclooxygenase-1 (12-HHT, TXB₂, PGE ₂ ) and 12-lipoxygenase (12-HETE)&nbsp; pathway, especially prostaglandin E₂ . Also, investigation of anti- cetylcholinesterase&nbsp; activity revealed moderate activity of extracts of all examined species. In addition,&nbsp; predominantly water extracts of fresh andair-dried rose hips, as well as pur&eacute;e of<em> R</em>.&nbsp; <em>canina, R. tomentosa </em>and <em>R. sempervirens</em> showed inhibitory activity toward HeLa, while <em>R.sempervirens</em> extracts also inhibited HT-29 cell growth. Presented results indicate significant potential of examined rose hips and their preserves for use as nutraceuticals and functional food.</p>