Since 07.08.2018 Assistant of Biotechnology in Department of Physics, Biophysics, Preclinical and Clinical Sciences at Faculty of Pharmacy, Medical University - Pleven

Education:

2011 - Bachelor degree in Biotechnology;

2012 -  Master degree in Biotechnology;

2017 -  Doctoral degree; sphere: Technology of biologically active substances, incl. enzymes, hormones and proteins;  thesis: Phytochemical Characteristics and Biological Activity of Medicinal Plants Ziziphus jujuba and Zingiber officinale.

Scientific publications:

1. Stoilova I, Georgiev M., Trifonova D, Dimitrova St., Denev P., Krastanov A .. Scavenge radical ability and inhibition of lipid autooxidation of extracts from yeast strain Sporobolomyces salmonicolor Al1 biomass, EJBPS, 3 (2), XX-XX , 2016

2. Höferl M., Stoilova I., Schmidt E., Wanner J., Jirovetz L., Trifonova D., Krastev L. and Krastanov A .. Chemical composition and antioxidant properties of juniper berry (Juniperus communis L.) essential oil. Action of the essential oil on the antioxidant protection of Saccharomyces cerevisiae model organism, Antioxidants, 3 (1): 81-98, 2014

3. I. S. Stoilova, J. Wanner, L. Jirovetz, D. Trifonova, L. Krastev, A. S. Stoyanova5and A. I. Krastanov. Chemical composition and antioxidant properties of juniper berry (Juniperus communis L.) essential oil. Bulgarian Journal of Agricultural Science, 20 (No 2), 227-237, 2014

4. Höferl M, Stoilova I, Wanner J, Schmidt E, Jirovetz L, Trifonova D, Stanchev V, Krastanov A. Composition and Comprehensive Antioxidant Activity of Ginger (Zingiber officinale) Essential Oil from Ecuador. Nat Prod Commun, 10 (6): 1085-90, 2015

5. Stoilova I., Trifonova D., Marchev A., Stanchev V., Angelova G., Krastanov A. Phytochemical constituents and in vitro anti-diabetic properties of Ziziphus jujuba (Rhamnaceae) fruits. International Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemical Research, 9 (2), 150-158, 2017

6. Trifonova D., Nghiem N. H., Stoilova I., Krastanov A., 2015. Biological activity of jujube fruit (Ziziphus jujuba Rhamnaceae), Scientific works of the University of Food Technologies, Plovdiv - ТОМ LXII, 2015

7. Trifonova D., Nghiem N. H., Stoilova I., Krastanov A., 2015. Inhibitory effect of jujuba (Ziziphus jujuba Rhamnaceae) on lipid oxidation, Scientific works of the University of Food Technologies - Plovdiv - ТОМ LXII, 2015

Language skills: English

Scientific Interests:

In the field of phytochemistry: preparation of extracts from medicinal plants; chemical and chromatographic methods for characterizing the phytochemical composition of medicinal plants extracts.

In the field of biological activity of medicinal plants: dynamics of accumulation of biologically active substances; development and optimization of methods for proving antiradical and antioxidant activity; antidiabetic effects of extracts and phytocomponents occurring in the inhibition of key enzymes in carbohydrate and lipid metabolism.