Senior Asst Prof. Yancho Zarev is graduated from the Faculty of Pharmacy at the Medical University in 2011.

Since 2021, he is Ch. Senior Asst Prof at the Department of Pharmacognosy.

He defended his PhD degree in Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry on the topic “Biotechnological and phytochemical study of plants with antitumor and antigenotoxic activity.”

He currently holds the position of Senior Asst Prof at the Department of Pharmacognosy.

Participates in the training on “Pharmacognosy – II”.

The research work and the contributions of Senior Asst Prof Yancho Zarev are in the following areas of pharmaceutical and / or medical science and practice:

He is the author of 12 publications, with 29 citations in indexed journals in J. Citation Reports by Clarivate, Scopus by Elsevier, Web of science by Clavirate and Google scholar.

Expert in the field of plant biotechnology, isolation and identification using spectroscopic methods of biologically active natural compounds.

Participant in 6 research projects funded by Medical University – Sofia, as well as by the Ministry of Education and Science.

Scientific publications:

Zarev Y, Popova P, Foubert K, Ionkova I, Pieters L. Comparative LC–MS analysis of tropolone alkaloids from in vitro cultures and native sources of Gloriosa superba by Kendrick mass defect plots. Phytochem Anal.2021; 32 (4): 446-456. DOI: 10.1002/pca.2992

Zarev Y, Naessens T, Theunis M, Elgorashi E, Apers S, Ionkova I, et al. In vitro antigenotoxic activity, in silico ADME prediction and protective effects against aflatoxin B₁ induced hepatotoxicity in rats of an Erythrina latissima stem bark extract. Food Chem Toxicol. 2020; 135, 110768. DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2019.110768

Zarev Y, Popova P, Foubert K, Apers S, Vlietinck A, Pieters L, Ionkova I. Biotransformation to produce the anticancer compound colchicoside using cell suspension cultures of Astragalus vesicarius plant species. Nat Prod Commun. 2019; 14 (1), 27-29. DOI: 10.1177/1934578X1901400108

Zarev Y, Foubert K, Lucia de Almeida V, Anthonissen R, Elgorashi E, Apers S, et al. Antigenotoxic prenylated flavonoids from stem bark of Erythrina latissima. Phytochemistry. 2017; 141, 140-146. DOI: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2017.06.003

Research projects:

Project with contract № 13-D / 2014 on “Phytochemical research and isolation of biologically active substances from seeds and in vitro crops of Gloriosa superba“, research grant Young researcher, funded by MU – Sofia.