Laboratory Chemistry of Lipids





                    Vessela Kortenska




        Assoc. Prof. Dr.
      Vessela Kancheva
           (Kortenska)

Institute of Organic  Chemistry 
with Centre of Phytochemistry
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences

Acad. G. Bonchev Street, Bl. 9
BG-1113 Sofia, Bulgaria

Tel.:      +359 (2) 96 06 187
Fax:      +359 (2) 870 02 25

E-mail:  vedeka@abv.bg 






  • Born 1952 in Karnobat, Bulgaria
  • M.Sc.Eng.Chem. 1976, Chemical Technological University, Sofia, Bulgaria
  • 1982-1986, Research Chemist, Lipid Chemistry Department, Institute of Organic Chemistry with Centre of Phytochemistry, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (IOCCP-BAS).
  • 1986-1998, Research Fellow, Lipid Chemistry Department, IOCCP-BAS.
  • 1997- Doctoral Degree (PhD) IOCCP-BAS; Ph.D Thesis: "Kinetics and Mechanism of Lipid oxidation in presence of fatty alcohols and mono- and diacylglycerols".
  • Senior Research Associate, IOCCP-BAS, 1998-2005
  • Associate Professor,  IOCCP-BAS, 2006-









Research Interests: Healthy high-quality fat and oil products, lipid chemistry, oxidative stability, kinetics and mechanism, antioxidants, structure-antioxidant activity relationship, kinetic and structural modelling, computer simulation, quantum-chemical calculations, optimal and effective stabilization of model and natural lipids.

Joint international projects with:
  • Semenov Instituite of Chemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia, 1988 - 1990, 1996 - 2005;
  • GSF-National Research Center for Environment and Health, Institute of Radiation Biology, Neuherberg, Germany, 2000-2001;
  • Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, School of Chemistry, Laboratory of Food Chemistry and Technology, Thessaloniki, Greece, 2003-2004;
  • University of Ioannina, Department of Chemistry, Laboratory of Food Chemistry, Ioannina, Greece, 2004;
  • University of Santiago de Compostela, Molecular Informatics, X-Ray Unit, RIAIDT-Structural Studies Area, Edificio CACTUS, Santiago de Compostela, Spain, 2004-2007.

Visiting fellowships:
  • N. N. Semenov Institute of Chemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, 117977 Moscow, Russia - 1988- 1990, 1996- 2002;
  • Institute of Radiation Biology, GSF - National Research Center for Environment and Health, D-85764 Neuherberg, Germany - 2000, 2001;
  • Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, School of Chemistry, Laboratory of Food Chemistry and Technology, Thessaloniki, Greece - 2003, 2004.

Collaborations:
  • Prof. Dr. V.A.Belyakov, Prof. D.Sc. O.T.Kasaikina, Prof. D. Sc. V.A.Roginsky, Institute of Chemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, 117977 Moscow, Russia.
  • Prof. D.Sc. R.F.Vasil'ev, N.M.Emanuel Institute of Biochemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, 117977 Moscow, Russia.
  • Dr. W.Bors, Institute of Radiation Biology, GSF - National Research Center for Environment and Health, D-85764 Neuherberg, Germany.
  • Assoc. Prof. M. Tsimidou, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, School of Chemistry, Laboratory of Food Chemistry and Technology, Thessaloniki, Greece.
  • Dr. E. Psomiadou and Prof. Dr. A. Troganis, University of Ioannina, Department of Chemistry, Laboratory of Food Chemistry, Ioannina, Greece.
  • University of Santiago de Compostela, Molecular Informatics, X-Ray Unit, RIAIDT-Structural Studies Area, Edificio CACTUS, Santiago de Compostela, Spain, Prof. Dr. E. Estrada.

Membership in Scientific Organizations
  • Member of the Union of the Chemists in Bulgaria since 1982;
  • Member of the Union of the Scientists in Bulgaria since 1999;
  • Member of German Society for Fat Research (Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Fettwissenschaft e.V., DGF) since 2002;
  • Member o the European Federation for Lipid Science and Technology (EuroFedLipid) since 2002 (No11135).








Scientific activities:
29 publications in the field of lipid chemistry,
42 oral reports and posters, presented at international congresses and conferences, participation of 17 projects with industry and scientific organizations (6 international),
publications in the last 5 years:

  • O.T.Kasaikina, V.D.Kortenska, Z.S.Kartasheva, G.M.Kusnecova, T.V.Maximova, T.V.Sirota, N.V.Yanishlieva; Hydrocarbon and Lipid Oxidation in Microhetero- geneous Systems Formed by Surfactants or Nanodispersed Al2O3, SiO2, and TiO2; Coloids and Surfaces, Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 149, 1999, 29-38.
  • O.T.Kasaikina, V.D.Kortenska, N.V.Yanishlieva; Effects of Chain Transfer and Recombination/Disproportionation of Inhibitor Radicals on Inhibited Oxidation of Lipids; Russ. Chem. Bull.  48, 1999, 1891-1896.
  • V.D.Kortenska, R.F.Vasil’ev; The Importance of Peroxyl Radical Cyclization into Peroxide C-Radical in the Mechanism of Linoleate Oxidation, Oxid. Commun., 23, 2000, 161-171.
  • V.D.Kortenska, M.P.Velikova, I.R.Totzeva, V.S.Bankova, M.C.Marcucci;  Antioxidant Properties of Cinnamic Acid Derivatives on the Lipid Autoxidation, Compt. Rend. Acad. Bulg. Sci., 54, No 1, 2001, 47-50.
  • V.D.Kortenska, N.V.Yanishlieva, O.T.Kasaikina, I.R.Totzeva, M.I.Boneva; Effect of Lipid Hydroxy Compounds Type on the Phenol Antioxidant Efficiency in Lipid Autoxidation, Comp. Rend. Acad. Bulg. Sci., 54, No 6, 2001, 29-34.
  • V.D.Kortenska, M.P.Velikova, N.V.Yanishlieva, I.R.Totzeva, V.S.Bankova, M.C.Marcucci; Kinetics of Lipid Oxidation in Presence of Cinnamic Acid Derivatives, European J. Lipid Science and Technology, 104, 2002, 19-28.
  • O.T.Kasaikina, V.V.Vedutenko, A.M.Kashkay, V.D.Kortenska, M.I.Boneva, N.V.Yanishlieva; Kinetic Model for b-carotene and Lipid Cooxidation, Oxid. Commun., 25, No2, 2002, 232-243.
  • W.Bors, S.Kazazic, C.Michel, V.D.Kortenska, K.Stettmaier, L.Klasinc; Methoxyphenols - Antioxidant Principles in Food Plants and Spices: Pulse Radiolysisd, EPR Spectroscopy and DFT Calculations, Intern. J. Quantum Chem., 90, No 2, 2002, 969-979.
  • V.D.Kortenska, N.V.Yanishlieva, O.T.Kasaikina, I.R.Totzeva, M.I.Boneva, I.F.Rusina; Phenol Antioxidant Efficiency in Presence of Lipid Hydroxy Compounds in Various Lipid Systems, Eur. J. Lipid Sci. Techn., 104, No8, 2002, 513-519.
  • V.D.Kortenska, V.A.Roginsky, V.S.Bankova, M.P.Popova, T.K.Barsukova; Antioxidative Efficiency of New Chalcones Isolated from Propolis of El Salvador During Methyl Linoleate Oxidation in Micellar Solution, La Rivista Italiana Delle Sostanze Grasse, 80, No8, 2003, 323-327.
  • I.Koleva, J. P. H. Linssen, T. A. van Beek, L.N. Evstatieva, V. Kortenska,N. Hanjieva; Antioxidant Activity Screening of Extracts from Sideritis Species (Labiatae) Grown in Bulgaria; J. Sci. Food Agric., 83, No8, 2003, 809-819.
  • V.G.Kondratovich, V.D.Kortenska, Z.S.Kartasheva, N.V.Yanishlieva, I.R.Totzeva, M.I.Boneva, O.T.Kasaikina; Kinetics of Lipid Oxidation and Lipid Hydroperoxide Decomposition in the Presence of Amphyphilic Compounds, in: Peroxides at the Beginning of the Third Millenium: Synthesis, Properties, Application, Eds. V.A.Antonovsky, O.T.Kasaikina, G.E.Zaikov, Nova Science Publ., New York, 2004,Chapter 14, 261-267.
  • I.F.Rusina, M.I.Boneva, O.T.Kasaikina, V.D.Kortenska, N.V.Yanishlieva, Evaluation of the Antiradical Efficiency of Cinnamic Acid Derivatives Using a Chemiluminescence Method, Oxid. Commun., 2004, in press.
  • V.D.Kortenska, V.S.Bankova, M.P.Popova; Antioxidant Capacity of New Chalcones from Propolis of El Salvador–theoretical and experimental study, Oxid. Commun., 2004, in press.
  • B. Trusheva, M. Popova, V. Kortenska, I. Totzeva, J.G.Rodriges, V. Bankova; Chemical Composition and Antioxidant Activity of Propolis from Venezuela, Oxid. Communi., 2004, in press.
  • W.Bors, V.D.Kortenska, L.Y.Foo, K.Stettmaier; Density-Functional Calculations of Gallotannin and Ellagitannin Aroxyl Radicals, Oxid. Commun., 2004, in press.