\input zb-basic \input zb-ioport \iteman{io-port 05064472} \itemau{Rinaldo, Giancarlo} \itemti{Monomial subrings of graphs with loops.} \itemso{Gruber, Peter M. (ed.), Proceedings of the V. international conference of stochastic geometry, convex bodies, empirical measures and applications to engineering, medical and earth sciences, Mondello (Palermo), Italy, September 6--11, 2004. Palermo: Circolo Matem\'atico di Palermo. Supplemento ai Rendiconti del Circolo Matem\'atico di Palermo. Serie II 77, 587-594 (2006).} \itemab Summary: Let ${\cal G}$ be a graph with loops, we define the monomial subring, $K[{\cal G}]$, associated to ${\cal G}$ and its toric ideal, $P({\cal G})$. We give a complete description of $P(G)$ in terms of the geometric properties of ${\cal G}$. In particular the set of binomials generating $P({\cal G})$ gives information on even cycles, odd cycles passing through a vertex and paths between two vertices. \itemrv{~} \itemcc{} \itemut{} \itemli{} \end