Achievements of the Department
Outstanding Achievement of the Department in 2025
In 2025, the scientific work on the topic: “Comprehensive pharmacognostic study of different types of raw materials of red oak Quercus rubra L. as sources of biologically active substances for the creation of medicines with specified properties” by a 2nd year postgraduate student – senior lecturer at the Department of Pharmaceutical and Biological Chemistry, Pharmacognosy Omelkovets T.S. received the Prize of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine for Young Scientists for 2025 (Resolution of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine dated 04.12.2025 No. 4713-IX https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/4713-20#Text).
The most important educational-methodological and scientific publications:
1. Konovalova O.Yu., Mitchenko F.A., Shuraeva T.K. Biologically active substances of medicinal plants. Textbook on pharmacognosy. – Kyiv: Publishing and Printing Center “Kyiv University”, 2008. – 352 p.
2. Konovalova O.Yu. Pharmaceutical Chemistry. Lecture texts for IV year students of the pharmaceutical faculty. Textbook. – Kyiv: Publishing and Printing Center “Kyiv University”, 2008. – 352 p.
3. Kyslychenko V.S., Zhuravel I.A., Zaychenko A.V., Upyr L.V., Konovalova E.Yu., Pavliy A.I., Harnyk T.P., Korol V.V., Stepanova S.I., Neshcheret E.I., Omelchenko Z.I., Novosel E.N., Kuznetsova V.Yu., Bukharina E.V., Komissarenko A.N., Koshevoy O.N., Velma V.V. Systemic Phytotherapy. Textbook for university students / Ed. V.S. Kyslychenko, A.V. Zaychenko, I.A. Zhuravel. – Kharkiv: Golden Pages, 2008. – 256 p.
4. Konovalova O.Yu., Lebeda A.P. Healing herbs (St. John’s wort in therapy and prevention of diseases). – Kyiv: Medkniga, 2008. – 288 p. (16.53 printed sheets)
5. Konovalova O.Yu., Mitchenko F.A., Dzhan T.V., Dulceva O.V. Intra-pharmacy quality control of medicinal products. Textbook for V year students of the pharmaceutical faculty. – Kyiv: Publishing and Printing Center “Kyiv University”, 2009. – 279 p.
6. Dudchenko L.H., Konovalova O.Yu., Harnyk T.P., Hraboova T.Yu., Pylypchuk A.B., Dzhan T.V. / Edited by L.H. Dudchenko and O.Yu. Konovalova. Essential oil and fatty oil plants. Textbook. – Kyiv: Publishing and Printing Center “Kyiv University”, 2010. – 496 p.
7. Konovalova O.Yu. Botanical-Pharmacognostic Dictionary. Russian-Ukrainian-English-French-German-Latin. – Kyiv: Publishing and Printing Center “Kyiv University”, 2010. – 689 p.
8. Konovalova O.Yu., Tumanov V.A., Lebeda A.P., Dzhan T.V., Dudchenko L.H., Mitchenko F.A., Stazhila Ye.M., Shuraeva T.K. / Edited by O.Yu. Konovalova and V.A. Tumanov. Poisonous plants. Textbook. – Kyiv: Publishing and Printing Center “Kyiv University”, 2011. – 494 p.
9. Davtyan L.L., Vlasenko I.O., Korytyniuk R.S., Konovalova O.Yu., Rudenko V.V., Drozdova A.O. Guide to standard technological instructions for the manufacture of sterile medicinal products in pharmacies. Textbook. – Kyiv: Ukrainian Center for Scientific Medical Information and Patent-Licensing Work, 2010. – 83 p.
10. Konovalova O.Yu. Botanical-Pharmacognostic Study of St. John’s Wort Species during Introduction in Ukraine. – Kyiv, Publishing and Printing Center “Kyiv University”, 2011. – 304 p.
11. Mazulin O.V., Konovalova O.Yu., Shuraeva T.K., Shcherbakova O.F., Dolya V.S., Hrechana O.V., Dzhan T.V., Smoylovska H.P. / Edited by O.Yu. Konovalova and O.V. Mazulin. Pharmacognostic Resource Studies with Fundamentals of Plant Introduction. – Zaporizhzhia: Zaporizhzhia State Medical University, 2011. – 176 p.
12. Konovalova O.Yu., Tumanov V.A., Mitchenko F.A., Shuraeva T.K., Dzhan T.V., Dudchenko L.H., Lebeda A.P., Hergel Ye.M., Rybak L.M. / Edited by O.Yu. Konovalova and V.A. Tumanov. Poisonous plants. Textbook. – Kyiv: Publishing and Printing Center “Kyiv University”, 2011. – 494 p.
13. Konovalova O.Yu., Mitchenko F.A., Shuraeva T.K., Dzhan T.V. Mineral elements of medicinal plants and their role in human life. – Kyiv, Publishing and Printing Center “Kyiv University”, 2012. – 192 p.
14. Mazulin O.V., Konovalova O.Yu., Shuraeva T.K., Dzhan T.V., Shcherbakova O.F., Dolya V.S., Hrechana O.V., Hergel Ye.M., Smoylovska H.P. / Edited by O.Yu. Konovalova and O.V. Mazulin. Pharmacognostic Resource Studies with Fundamentals of Plant Introduction. – Second edition, revised and supplemented. – Kyiv: Publishing and Printing Center “Kyiv University”, 2013. – 200 p.
15. Konovalova O.Yu., Mitchenko F.A., Shuraeva T.K., Rybak L.M., Dzhan T.V. Medicinal plants in oncology. – Kyiv, Publishing and Printing Center “Kyiv University”, 2013. – 456 p.
16. Mazulin O.V., Konovalova O.Yu., Smoilovska G.P., Mazulin G.V., Ostapenko A.O., Shurayeva T.K., Gudzenko A.V., Gergel E.M., Gergel O.V. Pharmacognostic resource science with the basics of plant introduction: a textbook for interns of higher medical and pharmaceutical educational institutions of III-IV levels of accreditation. – Third edition, revised and supplemented – Zaporizhzhia: ZDMU, 2017. – 208 p. (stamp of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine)
17. Konovalova O.Yu., Gerashchenko I.I., Dzhan T.V., Gurtovenko I.O., Gudzenko N.V., Rybak L.M. Pharmaceutical chemistry: A textbook for students of correspondence studies. – K.: Kniga-plus, 2023. – 384 p.
Scientific work of the department.
Main directions of scientific research of the department:
– Chemotaxonomic and resource research of medicinal plants of the flora of Ukraine with the aim of identifying promising species for expanding the nomenclature of medicinal plants.
– Pharmacognostic research of promising species of medicinal plants.
– Study of the fine molecular structure of biologically active substances (BAS) using computational chemistry and physicochemical methods.
– Computer modeling and synthesis of new compounds based on known BAS.
– Development of preparative methods for the synthesis of new medicinal substances.
– Development of methods for the extraction of BAS of various natures from biological objects.
– Development of methods for the identification and quantitative determination of BAS.
– Identification and study of the patterns of relationship between the structure and pharmacological activity of known and synthesized substances.
– Development of biologically active additives (BAA) and medicinal preparations.
– Development of regulatory documents for promising medicinal plant raw materials and preparations.