Publications

  • 2024

    In silico exploration of 4(α-l-rhamnosyloxy)-benzyl isothiocyanate: A promising phytochemical-based drug discovery approach for combating multi-drug resistant Staphylococcus aureus

    Soham Bhattacharya, Adrish Dutta, Pijush Kanti Khanra, Neha Gupta, Ritesh Dutta, Nikolay T. Tzvetkov, Luigi Milella, Maria Ponticelli

    Computers in Biology and Medicine, 179, 108907

  • 2024

    Crystal Structures, Molecular Docking and In Vitro Investigations of Two 4-Substituted 2-(5,5-dimethyl-3-styrylcyclohex-2-enylidene)malononitrile Derivatives as Potential Topoisomerase II Inhibitors

    Martina I. Peeva, Maya G. Georgieva, Aneliya A. Balacheva, Maria Ponticelli, Ivan P. Bogdanov, Tsonko Kolev, Luigi Milella, Hans-Georg Stammler, Nikolay T. Tzvetkov

    Crystals, 14 (6), 496

  • 2024

    In Vitro Investigation of the Cytotoxic and Antiproliferative Effects of Haberlea rhodopensis Total Extract: A Comparative Study

    Martina I. Peeva, G. Georgieva, Maya, Aneliya A. Balacheva, Atanas Pavlov, Nikolay T. Tzvetkov

    Cosmetics, 11 (2), 46

  • 2024

    Withania somnifera (L.) Dunal, a Potential Source of Phytochemicals for Treating Neurodegenerative Diseases: A Systematic Review

    Valentina Lerose, Maria Ponticelli, Nadia benedetto, Vittorio Carlucci, Ludovica Lela, Nikolay T. Tzvetkov, Luigi Milella

    Plants 2024, 13(6), 771

  • 2024

    Natural product drug discovery and drug design: two approaches shaping new pharmaceutical development

    Nikolay T. Tzvetkov, Kiril Kirilov, Maima Matin, Atanas G. Atanasov

    Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation 2024, 39, 375–378

  • 2024

    Favipiravir vs. Deferiprone: Tautomeric, photophysical, in vitro biological studies, and binding interactions with SARS-Cov-2-MPro/ACE2

    Nikolay T. Tzvetkov, Martina I. Peeva, Maya G. Georgieva, Vera Deneva, Aneliya A. Balacheva, Ivan P. Bogdanov, Maria Ponticelli, Luigi Milella, Kiril Kirilov, Maima Matin, Hans-Georg Stammler, Atanas G. Atanasov, Liudmil Antonov

    Current Research in Biotechnology 2024, 7, 100176

  • 2023

    An Insight into Citrus medica Linn.: A Systematic Review on Phytochemical Profile and Biological Activities

    Nadia Benedetto, Vittorio Carlucci, Immacolata Faraone, Ludovica Lela, Maria Ponticelli, Daniela Russo, Claudia Mangieri, Nikolay T. Tzvetkov, Luigi Milella

    Plants 2023, 12(12), 2267

  • 2023

    Neurotensin (8–13) analogs as dual NTS1 and NTS2 receptor ligands with enhanced effects on a mouse model of Parkinson's disease

    Toni Kühl, Maya G. Georgieva, Harald Hübner, Maria Lazarova, Matthias Vogel, Bodo Haas, Martina I. Peeva, Aneliya A. Balacheva, Ivan P. Bogdanov, Luigi Milella, Maria Ponticelli, Tsvetomir Garev, Immacolata Faraone, Roumyana Detcheva, Borislav Minchev, Polina Petkova-Kirova, Lyubka Tancheva, Reni Kalfin, Atanas G. Atanasov, Liudmil Antonov, Tamara I Pajpanova, Kiril Kirilov, Marcus Gastreich, Peter Gmeiner, Diana Imhof, Nikolay T. Tzvetkov

    European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry 2023, 254, 115386

  • 2023

    Cyanidin-3-O-glucoside as a Nutrigenomic Factor in Type 2 Diabetes and Its Prominent Impact on Health

    Iga Bartel, Magdalena Koszarska, Nina Strzałkowska, Nikolay T. Tzvetkov, Dongdong, Wang, Jarosław O Horbańczuk, Agnieszka Wierzbicka, Atanas G. Atanasov, Artur Jóźwik

    International Journal of Molecular Sciences 2023, 24(11), 9765

  • 2023

    Bibliometric analysis and evidence of clinical efficacy and safety of digital pills

    Olena Litvinova, Elisabeth Klager, Andy Wai Kan Yeung, Nikolay T. Tzvetkov, Oliver Kimberger, Maria Kletecka-Pulker, Harald Willschke, Atanas G. Atanasov

    Frontiers in Pharmacology 2023, 14, 1023250

  • 2022

    SR-BI as a target of natural products and its significance in cancer.

    D. Wang, J. Huang, T. Gui, Y. Yang, T. Feng, N.T. Tzvetkov, T. Xu, Z. Gai, Y. Zhou, J. Zhang, A.G. Atanasov

    Seminars in Cancer Biology 2022, 80, 18–38

  • 2022

    Advances and challenges in cancer treatment and nutraceutical prevention: The possible role of dietary phenols in BRCA regulation

    H. Khan, F. Labanca, H. Ullah, Y. Hussain, Nikolay T. Tzvetkov, E. K. Akkol, Luigi Milella

    Phytochemistry Reviews 2022, 21, 385–400

  • 2022

    In silico identification of multi-target ligands as promising hit compounds for neurodegenerative diseases drug development

    P. Alov, H. Stoimenov, I. Lessigiarska, T. Pencheva, NikolayT. Tzvetkov, I. Pajeva, I. Tsakovska

    International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2022, 23, 13650

  • 2022

    Digital pills with ingestible sensors: Patent landscape analysis

    O. Litvinova, E. Klager, Nikolay T. Tzvetkov, O. Kimberger, M. Kletecka-Pulker, H. Willschke, Atanas G. Atanasov

    Pharmaceuticals 2022, 15, 1025

  • 2021

    Advances and challenges in cancer treatment and nutraceutical prevention: the possible role of dietary phenols in BRCA regulation

    Haroon Khan, Fabiana Labanca, Hammad Ullah, Yaseen Hussain, Nikolay T. Tzvetkov, Esra Küpeli Akkol, Luigi Milella

    Phytochemistry Reviews 2021, 21, 385–400

  • 2021

    Natural products in drug discovery: Advances and opportunities

    A.G. Atanasov, S.B. Zotchev, V.M. Dirsch, The International Natural Product Sciences Taskforce, N.T. Tzvetkov, C.T. Sapuran

    Nature Reviews Drug Discovery 2021, 20, 200–216

  • 2021

    Vascuprotective effects of ginger (Zingiber officinale Roscoe) and underlying molecular mechanisms

    C. Li, J. Li, F. Jiang, N.T. Tzvetkov, J.O. Horbañczuk, Y. Li, A.G. Atanasov D. Wang

    Food & Function 2021, 12(5), 1897–1913

  • 2021

    Reactive oxygen species and their impact in neurodegenerative diseases: Literature landscape analysis

    A.W.K. Yeung, N.T. Tzvetkov, M.G. Georgieva, I.V. Ognyanov, K. Kordos, A. Jozwik, T. Kühl, G. Perry, M.C. Petralia, E. Mazzon, A.G. Atanasov

    Antioxidants & Redox Signaling 2021, 34(5), 402–420

  • 2020

    Preventive Effect of a Polyphenol-Rich Extract from Geranium sanguineum L. on Hepatic Drug Metabolism in Influenza Infected Mice

    Silviya Abarova, Lyubka Tancheva, Rumen Nikolov, Julia Serkedjieva, Elitsa Pavlova, Alessia Bramanti, Ferdinando Nicoletti, Nikolay T. Tzvetkov

    Scientia Pharmaceutica 2020, 88(4), 45

  • 2020

    The ethnopharmacological literature: An analysis of the scientific landscape

    Andy Wai Kan Yeung, Michael Heinrich, Anake Kijjoa, Nikolay T. Tzvetkov, Atanas G. Atanasov

    Journal of Ethnopharmacology 2020, 250, 112414

  • 2020

    Ethnopharmacological applications targeting alcohol abuse: overview and outlook

    Laxman Singh, Tanuj Joshi, Devesh Tewari, Javier Echeverría, Andrei Mocan, Archana N Sah, Nikolay T. Tzvetkov, Zheng Feei Ma, Yeong Yeh Lee, Piotr Poznański, Mariusz Sacharczuk, Artur Jóźwik, Jarosław O Horbańczuk, Joanna Feder-Kubis, Atanas G. Atanasov

    Frontiers in Pharmacology 2020, 10, 481687

  • 2020

    The significance of natural product derivatives and traditional medicine for COVID-19

    D. Wang, J. Huang, A.W.K. Yeung, N.T. Tzvetkov, J.O. Horbañczuk, H. Willschke, Z. Gai, A.G. Atanasov

    Processes 2020, 8, 937

  • 2020

    Lignans: Quantitative analysis of the research literature

    A.W.K. Yeung, N.T. Tzvetkov, A.A. Balacheva, M.G. Georgieva, R.-Y. Gan, A. Jozwik, B. Pyzel, J.O. Horbañczuk, E. Novellino, A. Durazzo, M. Lucarini, E. Camilli, E.B. Souto, A.G. Atanasov, A. Santini

    Frontiers in Pharmacology 2020, 11, Article 37

  • 2020

    Neuroprotective mechanisms of three natural antioxidants on a rat model Parkinson´s disease: A comparative study

    L.P. Tancheva, M.I. Lazarova, A.V. Alexandrova, S.T. Dragomanova, F. Nicoletti, E.R. Tzvetanova, Y.K. Hodzhev, R.E. Kalfin, S.A. Miteva, A. Santini, E. Mazzon, N.T. Tzvetkov, A.G. Atanasov

    Antioxidants 2020, 9(1), 49

  • 2020

    Neurotensins and their therapeutic potential: Research field study

    A.W.K. Yeung, M.G. Georgieva, K. Kirilov, A.A. Balacheva, M.I. Peeva, O.K. Horbañczuk, J.O. Horbañczuk, M. Lucarini, A. Durazzo, A. Santini, E.B. Souto, T.I. Pajpanova, L. Milella, A.G. Atanasov, N.T. Tzvetkov

    Future Medicinal Chemistry 2020, 12(19), 1779–1803

  • 2019

    Current research in biotechnology: exploring the biotech forefront

    Andy Wai Kan Yeung, Nikolay T. Tzvetkov, Vijai K Gupta, Subash C Gupta, Gorka Orive, Günther K Bonn, Bernd Fiebich, Anupam Bishayee, Thomas Efferth, Jianbo Xiao, Ana Sanches Silva, Gian Luigi Russo, Maria Daglia, Maurizio Battino, Ilkay Erdogan Orhan, Ferdinando Nicoletti, Michael Heinrich, Bharat Bhushan Aggarwal, Marc Diederich, Maciej Banach, Wolfram Weckwerth, Rudolf Bauer, George Perry, Edward A Bayer, Lukas A Huber, Jean-Luc Wolfender, Robert Verpoorte, Francisco A Macias, Michael Wink, Marc Stadler, Simon Gibbons, Alejandro Cifuentes, Elena Ibanez, Gérard Lizard, Rolf Müller, Michael Ristow, Atanas G. Atanasov

    Current Research in Biotechnology 2019, 1, 34–40

  • 2019

    Molecular neuroscience at its “high”: bibliometric analysis of the most cited papers on endocannabinoid system, cannabis and cannabinoids

    Andy Wai Kan Yeung, Nikolay T. Tzvetkov, Nicolas Arkells, Luigi Milella, Adrian M Stankiewicz, Łukasz Huminiecki, Olaf K Horbanczuk, Atanas G. Atanasov

    Journal of Cannabis Research 2019, 1, 1–13

  • 2019

    Targeting foam cell formation in atherosclerosis: Therapeutic potential of natural products

    D. Wang, Y. Yang, Y. Lei, N.T. Tzvetkov, Y. Liu, A.W.K Yeung, S. Xu, A.G. Atanasov

    Pharmacological Reviews 2019, 71(4), 596– 670

  • 2019

    Carboxamides vs. methanimines: Crystal structures, binding interactions, photophysical studies, and biological evaluation of (indazole-5-yl)methanimines as monoamine oxidase B and acetylcholonesterase inhibitors

    N.T. Tzvetkov, H.-G. Stammler, M.G. Georgieva, D. Russo, I. Faraone, A.A. Balacheva, S. Hristova, A.G. Atanasov, L. Milella, L. Antonov, M. Gastreich

    European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry 2019, 179, 404–422

  • 2019

    (Pyrrolo-pyridin-5- yl)benzamides: BBB permeable monoamine oxidase B inhibitors with neuroprotective effect on cortical neurons

    N.T. Tzvetkov, H.-G. Stammler , S. Hristova, A.G. Atanasov, L. Antonov

    European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry 2019, 162, 793–809

  • 2019

    Monoamine oxidases (MAOs) as privileged molecular targets in neuroscience: research literature analysis

    A.W.K. Yeung, M. Georgieva, A.G. Atanasov, N.T. Tzvetkov

    Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience 2019, 12, Article 413

  • 2019

    Antioxidants:  scientific literature landscape

    A.W.K. Yeung, N.T. Tzvetkov, O.S. El-Tawil, S.G. Bungau, M.M. Abdel-Daim, A.G. Atanasov

    Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity 2019, Article ID 8278454, 11 pages

  • 2018

    Vasculoprotective Effects of Pomegranate (Punica granatum L.)

    Dongdong Wang, Cigdem Özen, Ibrahim M Abu-Reidah, Sridevi Chigurupati, Jayanta Kumar Patra, Jarosław O. Horbanczuk, Artur Jóźwik, Nikolay T. Tzvetkov, Pavel Uhrin, Atanas G. Atanasov

    Frontiers in Pharmacology 2018, 9, 544

  • 2018

    Natural product-based multitarget ligands for Alzheimer’s disease treatment?

    N.T. Tzvetkov, A.G. Atanasov

    Future Medicinal Chemistry 2018, 10, 1745–1748

  • 2018

    When neuroscience meets pharmacology: a neuropharmacology literature analysis

    A.W.K. Yeung, N.T. Tzvetkov, A.G. Atanasov

    Frontiers in Neuroscience 2018, 12, Article 852

  • 2018

    Phytochemicals as potent modulatoes af autophagy for cancer therapy

    M.A. Moosavi, A. Hghi, M. Rahmati, H. Taniguchi, A. Mocan, J. Echeverria, V.K.Gupta, N.T. Tzvetkov, A.G. Atanasov

    Cancer Letters 2018, 424, 46–69

  • 2018

    Autophagy and Alzheimer’s disease: from molecular mechanisms to therapeutic implications

    Md. Uddin, A. Stachowiak, A.A. Mamun, N.T. Tzvetkov, S. Takeda, A.G. Atanasov, L.B. Bergantin, M.M. Abdel-Daim, A.M. Stankiewicz

    Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience 2018, 10, Article 4

  • 2018

    Ethnopharmacological approaches for dementia therapy and significance of natural products and herbal drugs

    D. Tewari, A.M. Stankiewicz, A. Mocan, A.N. Sah, N.T. Tzvetkov, L. Huminiecki, J.O. Horbañczuk, A.G. Atanasov

    Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience 2018, 10, Article 3

  • 2018

    Preventive efefct of two new neurotensin analogues on Parkinson’s disease rat model

    M. Lazarova, A. Popatanasov, R. Klissurov, S. Stoeva, T. Pajpanova, R. Kalfin, L. Tancheva

    Journal of Molecular Neuroscience 2018, 66, 552–560

  • 2018

    Vascular smooth muscle cell proliferation as a therapeutic target. Part 2: Natural products inhibiting proliferation

    P. Uhrin, D. Wang, A. Mocan, B. Waltenberger, J.M. Breuss, D. Tewari, J. Mihaly-Bison, L. Huminiecki, R.R. Starzyñski, N.T. Tzvetkov, J. Horbañczuk, A.G. Atanasov

    Biotechnology Advances 2018, 36, 1608–1621

  • 2018

    Vascular smooth muscle cell proliferation as a therapeutic target. Part 1: Molecular targets and pathways

    P. Uhrin, D. Wang, A. Mocan, B. Waltenberger, J.M. Breuss, D. Tewari, J. Mihaly-Bison, L. Huminiecki, R.R. Starzyñski, N.T. Tzvetkov, J. Horbañczuk, A.G. Atanasov

    Biotechnology Advances 2018, 36, 1586–1607

  • 2017

    Tautomerism of N-(3, 4-dichlorophenyl)-1H-indazole-5-carboxamide–A new selective, highly potent and reversible MAO-B inhibitor

    Nikolay T. Tzvetkov, Hans-Georg Stammler, Liudmil Antonov

    Journal of Molecular Structure 2017, 1149, 273–281

  • 2017

    Crystal structures, binding interactions, and ADME evaluation of brain penetrant N-substituted carboxamides as subnanomolar, selective monoamine oxidase B and dual MAO-A/B inhibitors

    N.T. Tzvetkov, H.-G. Stammler, B. Neumann, S. Hristova, L. Antonov, M. Gastreich

    European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry 2017, 127, 470–492

  • 2017

    Subnanomolar indazole-5-carboxamide inhibitors of monoamine oxidase B (MAO-B) continued: indications of iron binding, experimental evidence for optimised solubility and brain penetration

    Nikolay T. Tzvetkov, Liudmil Antonov

    Journal of Enzyme Inhibition and Medicinal Chemistry 2017, 32(1), 960–967

  • 2016

    A simple approach to multifunctionalized N1-alkylated 7-amino-6-azaoxindole derivatives using their in situ stabilized tautomer form

    Nikolay T. Tzvetkov, Beate Neumann, Hans-Georg Stammler, Liudmil Antonov

    Tetrahedron 2016, 72(41), 6455–6466

  • 2014

    nteraction of methionine – enkephalins with raft-forming lipids: monolayers and BAM experiments

    A. Tsanova, A. Jordanova, T Dzimbova, T. Pajpanova, E. Golovinsky, Z. Lalchev

    Amino Acids 2014, 46, 1159–1168

  • 2014

    Kyotorphin analogues containing unnatural amino acids: synthesis, analgesic activity and computer modeling of their interactions with µ-receptor

    T. Dzimbova, A. Bocheva, T. Pajpanova

    Medicinal Chemistry Research 2014, 23, 3694–3704

  • 2014

    Indazole- and indole-5-carboxamides: selective and reversible monoamine oxidase B inhibitors with subnanomolar potency

    N.T. Tzvetkov, S. Hinz, P. Küppers, M. Gastreich, C.E. Müller

    Journal of Medicinal Chemistry 2014, 57, 6679–6703

  • 2012

    Facile synthesis of 5-amino-and 7-amino-6-azaoxindole derivatives

    Nikolay T. Tzvetkov, Christa E. Müller

    Tetrahedron Letters 2012, 53(42), 5597–5601

  • 2012

    Regioselective synthesis of 7, 8-dihydroimidazo [5, 1-c][1, 2, 4] triazine-3, 6 (2H, 4H)-dione derivatives: A new drug-like heterocyclic scaffold

    Nikolay T. Tzvetkov, Harald Euler, Christa E. Müller

    Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry 2012, 8(1), 1584–1593