Laboratory of Chemistry of Natural Compounds


Group of Instrumental Chromatography & Mass-spectrometry

 

 

 

 

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Boryana Nikolova-Damyanova

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

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

Tel.:      +359 (2) 96 06 136
Fax:      +359 (2) 870 02 25

E-mail:   bmd@orgchm.bas.bg

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  • Born 28.02.1943 in Sofia, Bulgaria
  • M.Sc., Faculty of Chemistry, University of Sofia, 1967. 
  • Research Chemist, Iron and Steel Research Institute, Sofia, 1967 - 1973.
  • Institute of Organic Chemistry, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 1973 - to date.
  • Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry, Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 1982. 
  • Associated Professor at Institute of Organic Chemistry, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 1994.
  • Head of the Group of Instrumental Chromatography & Masspectrometry, 1994.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Training and Postdoctoral Fellowships:

Training and joint projects on:
   - HPLC (silver ion and reversed-phase) of triacylglycerols and fatty acids;
   - GC and GC/MS of fatty acids from terrestrial and marine lipids;
   - non-enzimatic stereospecific analysis of triacylglycerols;
   - mechanistic aspects of retention of fatty acids and triacylglycerols in silver ion HPLC,
at:

  • Hannah Research Institute, Ayr, Scotland, 1989-1992
  • The Scottish Crop Research Institute, Invergowrie, Dundee, Scotland, UK, 1993-1994.


Visiting scientist at:

  • Scotia LipidTeknik, Stockholm, Sweden; joint projecton Derivatazinf reagents, procedures for derivatization and gas-chtomatography-masspectrometry of fatty acids, 1998;
  • Federal University of Vicosa, Vicosa, MG, Brazil, 2001.


Collaborations:

  • Dr W.W.Christie, Scottish Crop Research Institute, 1989 - at present;
  • Accos. Prof. Dr M.Tsimidou, Department of Chemistry, Laboratory of Food Chemistry   and Technology, Aristotle University, Thessalonica, Greece, 1997-2000;
  • Prof. Gulab N. Jham, Universidade Federal de Vicosa, Centro de Ciencial Exatas e tecnologicas, Departamento de Quimica, Brazil, 1997-;
  • Dr Tomas Rezanka, Institute of Microbiology, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic, 1997-2000.


Research Interests:

  • Chromatographic and spectral methods for identification, separation and quantification of lipids and secondary metabolites from terrestrial and marine origin;
  • Mechanism of lipid retention in silver ion chromatography.
  • Analysis of isomeric fatty acids and triacylglycerols in food lipids.


Other Activities:

  • Lecturer on “Chromatographic methods for analysis of natural products”, International workshops for young scientists, under the auspice of UNESCO, Sofia, 1989 and 1996.
  • Invited lecturer on “Silver ion chromatography for the separation and determination of fatty acids and triacylglycerols species”, Department of Food Chemistry, Aristotle’s University of Thessalonica, Greece, February, 1996.
  • Member of the Scientific Council of the Institute of Oganic Chemistry with Centre of Phytochemistry, 1999-
  • Secretary of the Scientific Panel of Organic Chemistry and Organic Technology at the High Awarding Commission.
  • Member of the Chemistry Expert Panel at the National Fund for Scientific Research, Bulgarian Ministry of Education and Science, 2003-2004.
  • Member of the Executive Committee of the National Fund for Scientific Research, Bulgarian Ministry of Education and Science, 2004-
  • Deputy Director of the Institute of Organic Chemistry with Centre of Phytochemistry, 2004-.

 


Membership in Scientific Organizations:

  • Member of the Bulgarian Chemical Society
  • Founding Member  of the non-profit  legal entity "Bulgarian Society for Organic and  Metaloorganic Chemistry"  founded in March  2004 with the purpose dissemination of scientific results and support of young scientists.


Scientific papers: 84
Citations: 500 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Selected Publications:

  • B.Nikolova-Damyanova and B.Amidzhin, SEPARATION OF TRIGLYCERIDE GROUPS BY REVERSED PHASE THIN-LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY ON SILANIZED KIESELGUHR, J.Chromatogr., 446 (1988) 283-291.
  • G.Eneva, B.Nikolova-Damyanova, St.Spassov and M.Haimova, DETERMINATION OF NEBRAMYCIN COMPONENTS BY THIN-LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY AND DENSITOMETRY, J.Planr Chromatogr.-Modern TLC, 3 (1990) 232.
  • B.Nikolova-Damyanova, W.W.Christie and B.Herslof,  THE STRUCTURE OF THE TRIGLYCERIDES OF MEADOWFOAM OIL, J. Am. Oil Chem. Soc., 67 (1990) 503-507.
  • W.W.Christie, B.Nikolova-Damyanova, P. Laakso and B.Herslof, STEREOSPECIFIC ANALYSIS OF TRIACYLGLYCEROLS VIA HPLC OF DIASTEREOMERIC DIACYLGLYCEROL DERIVATIVES, J. Am. Oil Chem. Soc., 69 (1991) 695-701.
  • B.Nikolova-Damyanova and B.Amidzhin, DENSITOMETRIC QUANTITATION OF TRIACYLGLYCEROLS, J. Planar Chromatogr.- Modern TLC, 4 (1991) 397-401.
  • B.Nikolova-Damyanova, M.N.Tam and B.Pyuskyulev, QUANTITATIVE TLC OF INDOL ALKALOIDS, J. Planar Chromatogr.-Modern TLC, 5 (1992) 271-274.
  • D.Chobanov, R.Tarandjiska and B.Nikolova-Damayanova, QUANTITATION OF ISOMERIC FATTY ACIDS BY ARGENTATION TLC, J. Planar Chromatogr.-Modern TLC, 5 (1992) 157-163.
  • B.Nikolova-Damyanova, B.Herslof and W.W.Christie, SILVER ION HPLC OF DERIVATIVES OF ISOMERIC FATTY ACIDS, J. Chromatogr., 609 (1992) 133-140.
  • B.Nikolova-Damyanova and B.Amidzhin, COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF COCOA BUTTER AND COCOA BUTTER REPLACERS, Bulg. Chem. Commun., 25 (1992), 361-365
  • B.Nikolova-Dаmyanova, D.Chobanov and S.Dimov, SEPARATION OF ISOMERIC TRIACYLGLYCEROLS BY SILVER ION THIN-LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY, J. Liquid Chromatogr., 16 (1993), 3997-4008.
  • B.Nikolova-Damyanova, E.Ilieva, N.Handjieva and V.Bankova, QUANTITATIVE TLC OF IRIDOID AND FLAVANOID GLUCOSIDES IN LINARIA SPECIES, Phytochemical Analysis 5 (1994), 38-40.
  • B.Nikolova-Damyanova, V.Bankova and S.Popov, SEPARATION AND QUANTITATION OF STEVIOSIDE AND REBAUDIOSIDE A IN PLANT EXTRACTS BY NORMAL PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY AND THIN-LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY: A COMPARISON, Phytochemical Analysis, 5 (1994) 81-85.
  • B.Nikolova-Damyanova, SILVER ION CHROMATOGRAPHY AND LIPIDS, Silver ion chromatography and lipids in Advances in Lipid Methodology - One, (W.W.Christie, Ed.), 1992 The Oily Press, Ayr, Scotland,  стр. 181-237
  • B.Nikolova-Damyanova, W.W.Christie and B.Herslof, RETENTION CHARACTERISTICS OF TRIACYLGLYCEROLS ON SILVER ION HPLC, J. Chromatogr., A., 694 375-380 (1995).
  • M.N.Tam, B.Nikolova-Damyanova and B.Pyuskyulev, QUANTITATIVE THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY OF INDOL ALKALOIDS. II. CATHARANTHINE AND VINDOLINE, J. Liq. Chromatogr. 18, 849-858 (1995)
  • R.Tarandjiiska, I.Marekov, B.Nikolova-Damyanova and B.Amidzhin, DETERMINATION OF MOLECULAR SPECIES OF TRIACYLGLYCEROLS FROM HIGHLY UNSATURATED PLANT OILS BY SUCCESSIVE APPLICATION OF SILVER ION AND REVERSED PHASE THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY, J. Liq. Chromatogr., 18, 859-872 (1995).
  • Sv.Momchilova, I.Marekov, R.Tarandjiiska, B.Nikolova-Damyanova, SILVER ION TLC/DENSITOMETRY FOR CHARACTERIZATION OF BASIC EDIBLE OILS AND FATS, in Proceedings of EuroFood Chemistry VIII: Current status and future trends, Viena, Austria, September 18-29, 1995. pp.456-459.
  • G.Dobson, W.W.Christie, B.Nikolova-Damyanova, ARGENTATION CHROMATOGRAPHY OF LIPIDS AND FATTY ACIDS, J. Chromatogr. B, 671, 197-222 (1995).
  • B.Nikolova-Damyanova, N.Handjieva, QUANTITATIVE DETERMINATION OF SWERIAMARIN AND GENTIOPICROSIDE IN CENTAURIUM ERYTHREA AND C. TURCICUM BY DENSITOMETRY, Phytochemical Analysis, 7, 140-142 (1996).
  • B.Nikolova-Damyanova, W.W.Christie, B.Herslof, MECHANISTIC ASPECTS OF FATTY ACID RETENTION IN SILVER ION CHROMATOGRAPHY, J. Chromatogr. A, 749, 47-54 (1996).
  • R.Tarandjiiska, I.Marekov, B.Nikolova-Damyanova and B.Amidzhin, DETERMINATION OF MOLECULAR SPECIES OF TRIACYLGLYCEROLS CLASSES AND MOLECULAR SPECIES IN SEED OILS WITH HIGH CONTENT OF LINOLEIC AND LINOLENIC FATTY ACIDS, J. Sci Food Agric., 72 (1996) 403-410.
  • B.Nikolova-Damyanova, REVERSED PHASE HPLC: GENERAL PRINCIPLES AND APPLICATION TO FATTY ACIDS AND TRIACYLGLYCEROLS, in Advances in Lipid Methodology - Four, (W.W.Christie, Ed.), The Oily Press, Dundee  1997,- pp. 193-251.
  • Sv.Momchilova, B.Nikolova-Damyanova, W.W.Christie, SILVER ION HPLC OF ISOMERIC CIS- AND TRANS- OCTADECENOIC ACIDS. EFFECT OF THE ESTER GROUP AND MOBILE PHASE COMPOSITION, J. Chromatogr. A, 793 (1998) 275-281.
  • N.D.Yordnov, V.Gancheva, R.Tarandjiiska, R.Velikova, L.Kuleva, B.Damyanova, S.Popov, COMPARATIVE INVESTIGATION OF IRRADIATED MEAT BY THE METHODS OF ELECTRON PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCE AND GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY, Spectrochimica Acta Part A, 54 (1998) 2421-2426.
  • B.Nikolova-Damyanova, QUANTITATIVE THIN-LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY OF TRIACYLGLYCEROLS: PRINCIPLES AND APPLICATIONS, A REVIEW, J. Liq. Chromatogr. & Rel. Technol., 22 (1999) 1513-1537
  • B.Nikolova-Damyanova, R.Velikova, G.N.Jham, LIPID CLASSES, FATTY ACID COMPOSITION AND TRIACYLGLYCEROL MOLECULAR SPECIES IN CRUDE  COFFEE BEANS HARVESTED IN BRAZIL, FOOD RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL, 31 (1998) 479-486.
  • B.Nikolova-Damyanova, ARGENTATION: THIN-LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY, Encyclopedia of Separation Science; I.D.Wilson, T.R.Adlard, C.E.Poole, M.Cook, eds. Academic Press Ltd., London, 2000, pp. 4117-4127.
  • K.Chervenkova, B.Nikolova-Damyanova, THE ELUTION PATTERN OF IRIDOID GLUCOSIDES FROM GALIUM SP. BY RP HPLC, J. Liq. Chromatogr.&Rel. Technol., 23 (2000) 741-753.
  • Sv.Momchilova, B.Nikolova-Damyanova, Ag-HPLC OF POLYNUCLEAR AROMATIC  DERIVATIVES OF POSITIONALLY ISOMERIC OCTADECENOIC FATTY ACIDS, J. Liq. Chromatogr. & Rel. Technol., 23 (2000) 1319-1330.
  • B.Nikolova-Damyanova, Sv.Momchilova, W.W.Christie, SILVER ION HIGH-PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHIC SEPARATION OF CONJUGATED LINOLEIC ACID ISOMERS, AND OTHER FATTY ACIDS, AFTER CONVERSION TO P-METHOXYPHENACYL DERIVATIVES, J. HIGH RES. CHROMATOGR., 23 (2000) 348-352.
  • Sv.Momchilova, B.Nikolova-Damyanova, SILVER ION HPLC OF P-METHOXYPHENACYLMETHOXYPHENACYL DERIVATIVES OF UNSATURATED FATTY ACIDS. I MOBILE PHASE EFFECTS, J. Liq. Chromatogr. & Rel. Technol., 23 (2000) 2303-2316.
  • B.Nikoliova-Damyanova, Sv.Momchilova, SILVER ION TLC OF  FATTY ACIDS - A SURVEY, J. Liquid Chromatogr.&Rel. Technol., 24 (2001) 1447-1466
  • B.Nikolova-Damyanova, LIPIDS BY TLC, in Encyclopedia of Chromatography, J.Cazes, ed, Marcel Dekker, New York, 2001, pp.483-486.
  • B.Nikolova-Damyanova, R.Velikova, L Kuleva, QUANTITATIVE TLC FOR DETERMINATION OF TRIACYLGLYCEROL COMPOSITION OF SESAME SEED OIL, J. Liq. Chromatogr.&Rel. Technol., 25 (10-11) (2002) 1623-1632
  • B.Nikolova-Damyanova and Sv. Momchilova, SILVER ION HPLC FOR THE ANALYSIS OF POSITIONALLY ISOMERIC FATTY ACIDS, J. Liqu. Chromatogr.&Rel.Technol., 25 (2002) 1947-1965.
  • B.Damyanova, S.Momchilova, S.Bakalova, H.Zulof, W.W.Christie, J.Kaneti, COMPUTATIONAL PROBES INTO THE CONCEPTUAL BASIS OF SILVER ION CHROMATOGRAPHY: I. SILVER(I) ION COMPLEXES OF UNSATURATED FATTY ACIDS AND ESTERS. J. Mol. Str.: THEOCHEM 2002, 589-590:-:239-249.
  • Sv.Momchilova, B. Nikolova-Damyanova, STATIONARY PHASES FOR SILVER ION CHROMATOGRAPHY OF LIPIDS: PREPARATION AND PROPERTIES, J. Sep. Sci., 26, 3-4, (2003) 261-270.
  • Nikolova-Damyanova B., Dobson G., Momchilova Sv., Christie W. W., CYCLOHEXANEDIOL FATTY ACID DIESTERS AS MODEL COMPOUNDS FOR MECHANISTIC STUDIES IN SILVER ION HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY, J. LIQ. Chromatogr. & Rel. Technol.  26, No. 12, (2003) 1895–1902.
  • B.Nikolova-Damyanova, SILVER ION CHROMATOGRAPHY OF LIPIDs, In:. Advances of Lipid Methodology – 5, The Oily Press, Bridgwater, England, 2003 pp. 43-123.
  • Svetlana Momchilova, Koichiro Tsuji, Yutaka Itabashi, Boryana Nikolova-Damyanova, Arnis Kuksis, RESOLUTION OF TRIACYLGLYCEROL POSITIONAL ISOMERS BY REVERSED-PHASE HIGH-PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY, Journal of Separation Science,  27, (12) , 1033 – 1036 (2004).
  • B.Nikolova-Damyanova, silver ion hplc of fatty acids and triacylglycerols, In: HPLC of Acyl Lipids, T. A. McKeon and J.-T. Lin eds., HNB Publishing, New York, 2005, pp. 221 - 267.
  • Diana Nikolova, Daniela Antonova, Ilko Marekov, Boryana Nikolova-Damyanova, Bis-methylene-interrupted octadecadienoic fatty acids in Bulgarian bovine butter fats, European Journal of Lipid Science and Technology, 2006, 108,(3), 212 – 217.