As the need for new antiviral agents to effectively treat viral infections in low doses with no or mild side effects is constantly arising, nucleoside chemistry has evolved to facilitate efficient routes to effective agents for the treatment of viral diseases. We have shown that newly synthesized fluoro-glucopyranosil derivatives of ketonucleosides represent a group of potent antiviral drugs against RNA and DNA viruses that can open new strategies in combating severe viral infections threatening to human in this era of emerging and re-emerging diseases.
B.04 Guest lecture
COBISS.SI-ID: 2678316The thesis involved analyses of genome size and tests of hybrid nature of putative interspecific hybrids among various Sambucus species. The analyses of the genome size revealed that the largest nuclear DNA content (2C) belonged to S. nigra. The use of ITS (nucleotide sequence variability of internal transcribed spacers) was found to be very efficient for confirmation of most of the interspecific hybrids.
D.10 Educational activities
COBISS.SI-ID: 5240697Prof. dr. Avrelija Cencič is the member of editorial committee of the journal "International journal of food microbiology" from 2002- and the journal "Agricultura" from 2002- .
C.06 Editorial board membership
COBISS.SI-ID: 6316551Our study describes the risk assessment of waste water and sludge as the basis for foodborne illness prevention. We focused on risk assessment of emerging viruses as rotavirus, HEV and avian influenza virus. Here we describe the isolation methods and efficient multiple extraction-concentration procedure for the enumeration of viruses in samples of wastewaters and sludge from the purification waste water treatment plants. The methods described should be useful in monitoring studies of wastewater treatment plant functions, sanitary landfill operations or other areas requiring health assessments
B.03 Paper at an international scientific conference
COBISS.SI-ID: 2677804Prof. dr. Avrelija Cencič is the member of editorial committee of the journal "International journal of food microbiology" from 2002- and the journal "Agricultura" from 2002- .
C.06 Editorial board membership