Antonina Vitkova

Personal information

Contacts

Assoc.Prof. Antonina Vitkova, PhD
Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research
1113 Sofia, Acad.G.Bonchev Str.,bl.23
phone +359 979/37 58
e-mail:avitkova@bio.bas.bg
vitkova17@abv.bg

Curriculum vitae

2009 - Assoc.Prof., Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research
2006 - Assoc.Prof., Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Botany
1998 - PhD, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Botany
1976 - MS in Biology, University of Sofia, "St.K.Ohridski", Faculty of Biology

Research interests

Medicinal and aromatic plants, natural resources, rare and threatened species, monitoring, conservation in situ, ex situ, propagation, cultivation, phytochemistry

Membership in Scientific Institutions and Organizations:
Bulgarian Botany Society
Bulgarian Society of Phytocoenology
Association for Medicinal and Aromatic Plans of Southeast European Countriеs

Publications

Balabanova, V. & Vitkova, A. Pecularities in ontogenesis of Arnica montana L. in Bulgaria. Comptes rendus de l, Academie bulgare des sciences, 2(63), (2010):1301-1306, ISSN: 1310-1331, (IF = 0.204)

Vitkova, A., Gavrilova & A.Tashev. Alchemilla mollis (Rosaceae) – a critically endangered species in Bulgaria. Phytologia Balcanica, 17(1), (2011),123-128. ISSN 1310-7771

Trendafilova A., Todorova M., Nikolova, M., Gavrilova, A.& Vitkova A. Flavonoid constituents and free radical scavenging activity of Alchemilla mollis, Natural Product Communications, 6,(12), (2011):1851-1854, ISSN:1555-9475, (IF=1.242)

Vitkova, A., L. Evstatieva, & D. Peev. In situ and ex situ conservation of rare high-mountain medicinal plants in Bulgaria. Proceedings of the 7th Conference on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants of Southeast European Countries, Subotica, R Serbia, (2012):14-22, ISBN: 978-86-83-141-16-6

Nikolova M., Dincheva I., Vitkova A. & Badjakov I. Phenolic acids and free radical scavenging activity of Alchemilla jumrukczalica Pawl. International Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Research, 3(3), (2012.): 802-804, ISSN: 0976-044X, (IF=0.38)

Vitkova, A., M.Delcheva, D.Dimitrov & A.Tashev. Diversity and resource assessment of Alchemilla species in Osogovo mountain, Bulgaria, used as medicinal plants. Proceedings of the 7th Conference on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants of Southeast European Countries, Subotica, R Serbia, (2012): 40-46, ISBN: 978-86-83-141-16-6

Nikolova M., Petrova M., Zayova E., Vitkova A.& Evstatieva L..Comparative study of in vitro, ex vitro and in vivo grown plants of Arnica montana - polyphenols and free radical scavenging activity, Acta Botanica Croatica, 72, (1),(2013):13-22, ISSN 0365-0588 (IF=0.432)

Yankova-Tsvetkova, E., Yurukova-Grancharova, P. & Vitkova, A. Reproductive biology of the balkan endemic Sideritis scardica Griseb. (Lamiaceae). Botanica Serbica, 37(1),(2013):83-87, ISSN:1821-2158

Vitkova, A., A. Gavrilova, M. Delcheva, A. Trendafilova & M. Todorova. Cultivation of high antioxidant activity Alchemilla spp. (Rosaceae) for sustainable use. Journal of Applied Horticulture, 15(3), (2013):166-172, ISSN 0972-1045, (SJR=0.10)

Balabanova, V., Vitkova, A. & Zeleva-Dimitrova, D.. Comparative study of germination and seed antioxidant actyvity of Arnica montana L. and Arnica chamissonis Less. (Asteraceaea). Comptes rendus de l,Academie bulgare des Sciences, 66(9), (2013):1261-1268, ISSN: 1310:1331, (IF=0,204)

Affiliation

Department

Plant and Fungal Diversity and Resources

Division

Applied Botany

Research group

Resource assessment and monitoring of rare, medicinal and aromatic plants

History

Member for

11 years 15 weeks