The Lipid Library

Boryana Nikolova-Damyanova M.Sc., Ph.D.

Boryana Nikolova-Damyanova obtained her MS in the University of Sofia, Bulgaria and her PhD in the Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. After brief work as analyst in an industrial R & D laboratory, in 1973 she joined the Laboratory of Lipid Chemistry in the Institute of Organic Chemistry with the Centre of Phytochemistry, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. Her research has been concentrated mainly upon mechanistic studies, improving the methodology, and applying thin-layer chromatographic and high-performance liquid chromatographic methods in the silver ion and reversed phase modes for the analysis of fatty acids and triacylglycerols in different matrices. She is presently head of the Chromatographic Laboratory and Vice-Director of the Institute.

Selected Publications

Reviews:

• Dobson, G., Christie, W.W. and Nikolova-Damyanova, B. Argentation chromatography of lipids and fatty acids. J. Chromatogr. B, 671, 197-222 (1995).
• Nikolova-Damyanova, B. Quantitative thin-layer chromatography of triacylglycerols: principles and applications. J. Liq. Chromatogr. & Rel. Technol., 22, 1513-1537 (1999).
• Nikolova-Damyanova, B. and Momchilova, S. Silver ion TLC of fatty acids - a survey. J. Liquid Chromatogr. Rel. Technol., 24, 1447-1466 (2001).
• Nikolova-Damyanova, B. and Momchilova, S. Silver ion HPLC in the analysis of positionally isomeric fatty acids. J. Liquid Chromatogr. Rel. Technol., 25, 1947-1965 (2002).
• Momchilova, S. and Nikolova-Damyanova, B. Stationary phases for silver ion chromatography of lipids: preparation and properties. J. Sep. Sci., 26, 3-4, 261-270 (2003).

Chapters in books:

• Nikolova-Damyanova, B. Silver ion chromatography and lipids. In: Advances in Lipid Methodology – One. pp. 181-237 (Ed. W.W.Christie, The Oily Press, Ayr, Scotland) (1992).
• Nikolova-Damyanova, B. Reversed phase HPLC: general principles and application to fatty acids and triacylglycerols. In: Advances in Lipid Methodology - Four. pp. 193-251 237 (Ed. W.W.Christie, The Oily Press, Ayr, Scotland) (1997).
• Nikolova-Damyanova, B. Silver ion chromatography of lipids. In: Advances of Lipid Methodology - Five. pp. 43-123 (Ed. R.O.Adlof, The Oily Press, Bridgwater, U.K.) (2003).
• Nikolova-Damyanova, B. Silver ion HPLC of fatty acids and triacylglycerols. In: HPLC of Acyl Lipids, pp. 221-267 (Eds. T.A. McKeon and J.-T. Lin, HNB Publishing, New York (2005).

Selected research papers:

• Nedelcheva, D., Antonova, D., Tsvetkova, S., Marekov, I., Momchilova, S., Gyosheva, M. and Nikolova-Damyanova, B. TLC and GC-MS probes into the fatty acid composition of some Lycoperdaceae mushrooms. J. Liqu. Chromatogr. Rel. Technol., 30, 2717-2727 (2007).
• Momchilova, S., Antonova, D., Marekov, I., Kuleva, L., Nikolova-Damyanova, B. and Jham, G. Fatty acids, triacylglycerols, and sterols in neem oil (Azadirachta indica A. Juss) as determined by a combination of chromatographic and spectral techniques. J. Liquid Chromatogr. Rel. Technol., 30, 11-26 (2007).
• Momchilova, S., Itabashi, Y., Nikolova-Damyanova, B. and Kuksis, A. Regioselective separation of isomeric triacylglycerols by reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography: stationary phase and mobile phase effects. J. Sep. Sci., 29, 2578-2583 (2006).
• Nikolova, D., Antonova, D., Marekov, I. and Nikolova-Damyanova, B. Bis-Methylene-interrupted octadecadienoic fatty acids in Bulgarian bovine butter fats. Eur. J. Lipid Sci. and Technol., 108, 212-217 (2006).
• Momchilova, S., Tsuji, K., Itabashi, Y., Nikolova-Damyanova, B. and Kuksis, A. Resolution of triacylglycerol positional isomers by reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography. J. Sep. Sci., 27, 1033-1036 (2004).
• Nikolova-Damyanova, B., Dobson, G., Momchilova, S. and Christie, W.W. Cyclohexanediol fatty acid diesters as model compounds for mechanistic studies in silver ion high performance liquid chromatography. J. Liqu. Chromatogr. Rel. Technol., 26, 1895-1902 (2003).
• Damyanova, B., Momchilova, S., Bakalova, S., Zulof, H., Christie, W.W. and Kaneti, J. computational probes into the conceptual basis of silver ion chromatography: 1. Silver (i) ion complexes of unsaturated fatty acids and esters. J. Mol. Structure: THEOCHEM, 589-590, 239-249 (2002).
• Nikolova-Damyanova, B., Velikova, R., and Kuleva, L. Quantitative TLC for determination of triacylglycerol composition of sesame seed oil. J. Liqu. Chromatogr. Rel. Technol., 25, 1623-1632 (2002).
• Momchilova, S. and Nikolova-Damyanova, B. Ag-HPLC of polynuclear aromatic derivatives of positionally isomeric octadecenoic fatty acids. J. Liqu. Chromatogr. Rel. Technol., 23, 1319-1330 (2000).
• Nikolova-Damyanova, B., Momchilova, Sv. and Christie, W.W. 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., 23 348-352 (2000).
• Momchilova, S. and Nikolova-Damyanova, B. Silver ion HPLC of p-methoxyphenacylmethoxyphenacyl derivatives of unsaturated fatty acids. 1. Mobile phase effects. J. Liqu. Chromatogr. Rel. Technol., 23, 2303-2316 (2000).
• Nikolova-Damyanova, B., Momchilova, Sv. and Christie, W.W. 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, 348-352 (2000).
• Nikolova-Damyanova, B., Velikova, R. and Jham, G.N. Lipid classes, fatty acid composition and triacylglycerol molecular species in crude coffee beans harvested in Brazil. Food Res. Int., 31, 479-486 (1998).
• Momchilova, S., Nikolova-Damyanova, B. and Christie, W.W. Silver ion HPLC of isomeric CIS- and trans-octadecenoic acids. Effect of the ester group and mobile phase composition. J. Chromatogr. A, 793, 275-281 (1998).
• Nikolova-Damyanova, B., Christie, W.W. and Herslof, B. Mechanistic aspects of fatty acid retention in silver ion chromatography. J. Chromatogr. A, 749, 47-54 (1996).
• Nikolova-Damyanova, B., Momchilova, Sv. and Christie, W.W. Determination of petroselinic, cis-vaccenic and oleic acids in some seed oils of the umbelliferae by silver ion thin layer chromatography of their phenacyl esters. Phytochem. Anal., 7, 136-138 (1996)
• Tarandjiiska, R., Marekov, I., Nikolova-Damyanova, B. and Amidzhin, B. Determination of molecular species of triacylglycerols from highly unsaturated plant oils by successive application of silver ion and reversed phase thin layer chromatography. J. Liqu. Chromatogr., 18, 859-872 (1995).
• Nikolova-Damyanova, B., Christie, W.W. and Herslof, B. Retention characteristics of triacylglycerols on silver ion hplc. J. Chromatogr. A, 694, 375-380 (1995).
• Nikolova-Damyanova, B., Christie, W.W. and Herslof, B. High performance liquid chromatography of fatty acid derivatives in the combined silver ion and reversed phase modes. J. Chromatogr. A, 653, 15-23 (1993).
• Nikolova-Damyanova, B., Chobanov, D. and Dimov, S. Separation of isomeric triacylglycerols by silver ion thin layer chromatography. J. Liqu. Chromatogr., 16, 3997-4008 (1993).
• Nikolova-Damyanova, B. , Herslof, B. and Christie, W.W. Silver ion HPLC of derivatives of isomeric fatty acids. J. Chromatogr., 609, 133-140 (1992).

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