Department of Phytochemistry

Scientific profile
- About department
- Employees
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Our studies are focused on biologically active secondary metabolites from plants and plant tissue cultures, with special interest in compounds biosynthesized by the plants of Cichorieae and Inuleae tribes (Asteraceae family). Recently, we have been investigating formerly unexamined Lactuca species of African and Asian origin, in a search of antioxidative and anti-inflammatory compounds.
Scope of research
- plant secondary metabolites – isolation and structure identification/elucidation,
- qualitative and quantitative analysis of bioactive compounds in a plant material,
- regulation of plant metabolism in vitro and in vivo,
- bioactivity assays,
- tissue cultures of medicinal plants.
In cooperation with other research teams and institutions we perform analyses of selected compounds in a plant material of different origin, provide pure compounds for bioactivity evaluation and share plant materials for biological studies.
Professor Anna Stojakowska, dr hab.
Head
Pracownicy zakładu
Klaudia Michalska, dr hab.
Beata Duszyńska, dr
Katarzyna Kozynacka, mgr
Weronika Strumińska
Józef Wójtowicz
Małgorzata Tomera
Anna Sochacka-Obruśnik, mgr inż.
Pracownicy pracowni
Achievements
- Publications
Effects of various elicitors on the accumulation and secretion of spiroketal enol ether diacetylenes in feverfew hairy root culture
Stojakowska, A., Burczyk, J., Kisiel, W., Zych, M., Banaś, A., Duda, T.
DOI:
Effect of methyl jasmonate and salicylic acid on sesquiterpene lactone accumulation in hairy roots of Cichorium intybus
Malarz, J., Stojakowska, A., Kisiel, W.
DOI: 10.1007/s11738-006-0016-z
Simultaneous quantification of eudesmanolides and thymol derivatives from tissues of Inula helenium and I. royleana by reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography
Stojakowska, A., Michalska, K., Malarz, J.
DOI: 10.1002/pca.900
Furofuran lignans from a callus culture of Cichorium intybus
Malarz, J., Stojakowska, A., Szneler, E., Kisiel, W.
DOI: 10.1007/s00299-005-0953-9
Antimicrobial activity of 10-isobutyryloxy-8,9-epoxythymol isobutyrate
Stojakowska, A., Kȩdzia, B., Kisiel, W.
DOI: 10.1016/j.fitote.2005.05.003
Thymol derivatives from a root culture of Inula helenium
Stojakowska, A., Malarz, J., Kisiel, W.
DOI: 10.1515/znc-2004-7-827