• “You made the difference!” award, Fidelta, 11. 06. 2018.
• Silver Award (GSK R&D) for developing, modernization and expansion of Laboratory for NMR Spectroscopy at GSK Zagreb site, 02^nd February 2010
• Exceptional Science Award (GSK) for the study of ribosome-macrolide interactions in solution using NMR spectroscopy, 11^th September 2009
• Bronze Award (GSK R&D) for contribution of the program “PK Behaviour of Macrolides”, 10^th September 2008
• Silver Award (GSK R&D) for dedication and effort in the implementation of the NMR Open Access system and chemist training, 11^th December 2007

Structural studies

• A. Čikoš, N. Triballeau, P. Hubbard, D. Žiher, P. Stouten, J. Doyon, T. Deschrijver, J. Wouters, R. Lépine i L. Saniere, Reinvestigation of the Branimycin Stereochemistry at Position 17-C, Org. Lett. 18 (2016) 780−783. 10.0.3.253/acs.orglett.6b00044
• A. Čikoš, I. Ćaleta, D. Žiher, M. Dukši, D. Gembarovski, M. Ilijaš, S. Dragojević, M. Vine, I. Malnar i S. Alihodžić, Structure and conformational analysis of spiroketals od 6-O-methyl-9(E)-hydroxyiminoerythronolide A, Beilstein J. Org. Chem.11 (2015) 1447–1457. 10.0.14.178/bjoc.11.157
• A. Buljan, V. Stepanić, A. Čikoš, S. Babić Brčić, K. Bojanić, M. Roje, Total Synthesis and Biological Profiling of Putative (±)-Marinoaziridine B and (±)-N-Methyl Marinoaziridine A, Marine Drugs22 (2024) 7, 310-332. 10.3390/md22070310.

Interactions of ligands and their biological targets

• S. Koštrun, A. Fajdetić, D. Pešić, K. Brajša, V. Bencetić Mihaljević, D. Jelić, A. Petrinić Grba, I. Elenkov, R. Rupčić, S. Kapić, I. Ozimec Landek, K. Butković, A. Grgičević, D. Žiher, A. Čikoš, J. Padovan, G. Saxty, K. Dack, H. Bladh, T. Skak-Nielsen, S. Feldbaek Nielsen, M. Lambert, M. Stahlhut, Macrolide Inspired Macrocycles as Modulators of the IL-17A/IL-17RA Interaction. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry 64 (2021) 12, 8354–8383.10.1021/acs.jmedchem.1c00327.

Natural products

• A. Mandura Jarić, A. Čikoš, M. Pocrnić, K. Aladić, S. Jokić, D. Šeremet, A. Vojvodić Cebin, D. Komes, Teucrium Montanum L. — Unrecognized Source of Phenylethanoid Glycosides: Green Extraction Approach and Elucidation of Phenolic Compounds via NMR and UHPLC-HR MS/MS. Antioxidants 12 (2023), 1903. 10.3390/antiox12111903

Identification and characterization of unknown compounds in APIs

•  A. Čikoš, S. Dragojević, A. Kubiček, Degradation Products of Azetidine Core G334089 - Isolation, Structure Elucidation and Pathway, J. Pharm. Biomed. Anal. 203 (2021) 114232. 10.1016/j.jpba.2021.114232

Inclusion complexes of drugs and cyclodextrins

• T. Kezele Špehar, M. Pocrnić, D. Klarić, B. Bertoša, A. Čikoš, M. Jug, J. Padovan, S. Dragojević, N. Galić, Investigation of Praziquantel/Cyclodextrin Inclusion Complexation by NMR and LC-HRMS/MS: Mechanism, Solubility, Chemical Stability, and Degradation Products, Mol. Pharm. 18 (2021) 4210-4223. 10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.1c00716
• D. Klarić, M. Kelrajter, A. Čikoš, A. Budimir, N. Galić, Inclusion Complexes of Nabumetone with β-Cyclodextrins: Spectroscopic, Spectrometric and Calorimetric Studies in Solution. Journal of Molecular Liquids 397 (2024), 124152. 10.1016/j.molliq.2024.124152

Izvorni znanstveni rad

• Jurin, Mladenka; Čikoš, Ana; Stepanić, Višnja; Górecki, Marcin; Pescitelli, Gennaro; Kontrec, Darko; Jakas, Andreja; Dražić, Tonko; Roje, Marin | Synthesis, Absolute Configuration, Biological Profile and Antiproliferative Activity of New 3,5-Disubstituted Hydantoins // Pharmaceuticals, 17 (2024), 10; 1259, 31. doi: 10.3390/ph17101259

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• Pocrnić, Marijana; Hoelm, Marta; Ignaczak, Anna; Čikoš, Ana; Budimir, Ana; Tomišić, Vladislav; Galić, Nives | Inclusion complexes of loratadine with β-cyclodextrin and its derivatives in solution. Integrated spectroscopic, thermodynamic and computational studies // Journal of molecular liquids, 410 (2024), 125515, 10. doi: 10.1016/j.molliq.2024.125515

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• Klarić, David; Kelrajter, Melita; Čikoš, Ana; Budimir, Ana; Galić, Nives | Inclusion complexes of nabumetone with β-cyclodextrins: Spectroscopic, spectrometric and calorimetric studies in solution // Journal of molecular liquids, 397 (2024), 124152, 11. doi: 10.1016/j.molliq.2024.124152

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• Mandura Jarić, Ana; Čikoš, Ana; Pocrnić, Marijana; Aladić, Krunoslav; Jokić, Stela; Šeremet, Danijela; Vojvodić Cebin, Aleksandra; Komes, Draženka | Teucrium montanum L.—Unrecognized Source of Phenylethanoid Glycosides: Green Extraction Approach and Elucidation of Phenolic Compounds via NMR and UHPLC-HR MS/MS // Antioxidants, 12 (2023), 11; 1903, 21. doi: 10.3390/antiox12111903

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• Pašalić, Lea; Maleš, Petra; Čikoš, Ana; Pem, Barbara; Bakarić, Danijela | The rise of FTIR spectroscopy in the characterization of asymmetric lipid membranes // Spectrochimica acta. Part A, Molecular and biomolecular spectroscopy, 305 (2024), 123488, 13. doi: 10.1016/j.saa.2023.123488

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• Arsić, Biljana ; Barber, Jill ; Čikoš, Ana ; Kadirvel, Manikandan ; Kostic, Emilija ; McBain, Andrew J. ; Miličević, Jelena ; Oates, Angela ; Regan, Andrew | Computational Studies on Selected Macrolides Active against Escherichia coli Combined with the NMR Study of Tylosin A in Deuterated Chloroform // Molecules, 27 (2022), 21; 7280, 21. doi: 10.3390/molecules27217280

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• Opačak, Saša ; Perić, Berislav ; Gojšić, Tomislav, Čikoš, Ana ; Vikić-Topić, Dražen ; Kirin, I., Srećko | Tandem amide coupling and hydroamination: unexpected benzotriazole oxide addition to the propiolic acid triple bond† // New journal of chemistry, 46 (2022), 13275-13285. doi: 10.1039/D2NJ02587F

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• Alihodžić, Sulejman ; Čipčić Paljetak, Hana ; Čikoš, Ana ; Elenkov, Ivaylo Jivkov | New Bicyclic Azalide Macrolides Obtained by Tandem Palladium Catalyzed Allylic Alkylation/Conjugated Addition Reaction // Molecules, 27 (2022), 2; 432, 14. doi: 10.3390/molecules27020432

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• Topolovčan, Nikola ; Degač, Marina ; Čikoš, Ana ; Gredičak, Matija | Chemoselective and Regioselective Synthesis of Spiroisoindolinone Indenes via an Intercepted Meyer-Schuster Rearrangement/Intramolecular Friedel-Crafts Alkylation Relay // Journal of organic chemistry, 87 (2022), 3712-3717. doi: 10.1021/acs.joc.1c02647

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• Kragol, Goran ; Steadman, Victoria A. ; Marušić Ištuk, Zorica ; Čikoš, Ana ; Bosnar, Martina ; Jelić, Dubravko ; Ergović, Gabrijela ; Trzun, Marija ; Bošnjak, Berislav ; Bokulić, Ana et al. | Unprecedented Epimerization of an Azithromycin Analogue: Synthesis, Structure and Biological Activity of 2′-Dehydroxy-5″-Epi-Azithromycin // Molecules, 27 (2022), 3; 1034, 12. doi: 10.3390/molecules27031034

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• Perin, Nataša ; Babić, Darko ; Kassal, Petar ; Čikoš, Ana ; Hranjec, Marijana ; Vianello, Robert | Spectroscopic and computational study of the protonation equilibria of amino-substituted benzo[b]thieno[2,3-b]pyrido[1,2-a]benzimidazoles as novel pH-sensing materials // Chemosensors, 10 (2022), 1; 21, 15. doi: 10.3390/chemosensors10010021

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• Štefan, Leo ; Čikoš, Ana ; Vianello, Robert ; Đilović, Ivica ; Matković-Čalogović, Dubravka ; Dumić, Miljenko | Chemistry of Spontaneous Alkylation of Methimazole with 1,2-Dichloroethane // Molecules, 26 (2021), 22; 7032, 21. doi: 10.3390/molecules26227032

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• Kezele Špehar, Tatjana ; Pocrnić, Marijana ; Klarić, David ; Bertoša, Branimir ; Čikoš, Ana ; Jug, Mario ; Padovan, Jasna ; Dragojević, Snježana ; Galić, Nives | Investigation of praziquantel/cyclodextrin inclusion complexation by NMR and LC-HRMS/MS: mechanism, solubility, chemical stability and degradation products // Molecular pharmaceutics, 18 (2021), 4210-4223

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• Čikoš, Ana ; Dragojević, Snježana ; Kubiček, Adrijana | Degradation Products of Azetidine Core G334089 - Isolation, Structure Elucidation and Pathway // Journal of pharmaceutical and biomedical analysis, 203 (2021), 114232, 7. doi: 10.1016/j.jpba.2021.114232

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• Koštrun, Sanja ; Fajdetić, Andrea ; Pešić, Dijana ; Brajša, Karmen ; Bencetić Mihaljević, Vlatka ; Jelić, Dubravko ; Petrinić Grba, Adriana ; Elenkov, Ivaylo ; Rupčić, Renata ; Kapić, Samra et al. | Macrolide inspired macrocycles as modulators of the IL- 17A/IL-17RA interaction // Journal of medicinal chemistry, 64 (2021), 12; 8354-8383. doi: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.1c00327

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• Marjanović, Nera ; Čikoš, Ana ; Koštrun, Sanja | A new screening tool to determine chameleonic properties of macrocycles // Journal of molecular structure, 1198 (2019), 126929-126937. doi: 10.1016/j.molstruc.2019.126929

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• Čikoš, Ana ; Triballeau, Nicolas ; Hubbard, Paul A. ; Žiher, Dinko ; Stouten, Pieter F. W. ; Doyon, Julien G. P.-O. ; Deschrijver, Tiny ; Wouters, Johan ; Lépine, Renaud H. M. ; Saniere, Laurent | Reinvestigation of the Branimycin Stereochemistry at Position 17-C // Organic letters, 18 (2016), 4; 780-783. doi: 10.1021/acs.orglett.6b00044

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• Ištuk, Zorica Marušić ; Vujasinovi, Ines ; Čikoš, Ana ; Kragol, Goran | Regioselective 2-Imino-1, 3-thiazolidine vs. 2-Imino-1, 3-oxazolidine Formation from the Vicinalsec-Amino Alcohol of Desosamine // European journal of organic chemistry, 2013 (2013), 21; 4666-4673. doi: 10.1002/ejoc.201300266

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• Rupčić, Renata ; Modrić, Marina ; Hutinec, Antun ; Čikoš, Ana ; Stanić, Barbara ; Mesić, Milan ; Pešić, Dijana ; Merćep, Mladen | Novel tetracyclic imidazole derivatives: Synthesis, dynamic NMR study, and anti-inflammatory evaluation // Journal of heterocyclic chemistry, 47 (2010), 640-656. doi: 10.1002/jhet.376

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• Čikoš, Ana ; Ćaleta, Irena ; Žiher, Dinko ; Vine, Mark B ; Elenkov, Ivaylo J ; Dukši, Marko ; Gembarovski, Dubravka ; Ilijaš, Marina ; Dragojević, Snježana ; Malnar, Ivica et al. | Structure and conformational analysis of spiroketals from 6-O-methyl-9(E)-hydroxyiminoerythronolide A // Beilstein journal of organic chemistry, 11 (2015), 1447-1457. doi: 10.3762/bjoc.11.157

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• Kapić, Samra ; Fajdetić, Andrea ; Koštrun, Sanja ; Čikoš, Ana ; Paljetak, Hana Čipčić ; Antolović, Roberto ; Holmes, David J. ; Alihodžić, Sulejman | Synthesis and activity of new macrolones: Conjugates between 6(7)-(2′-aminoethyl)-amino-1-cyclopropyl-3-carboxylic acid (2′-hydroxyethyl) amides and 4″-propenoyl-azithromycin // Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry, 19 (2011), 23; 7270-7280. doi: 10.1016/j.bmc.2011.07.011

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• Ćaleta, Irena ; Čikoš, Ana ; Žiher, Dinko ; Đilović, Ivica ; Dukši, Marko ; Gembarovski, Dubravka ; Grgičević, Ivan ; Bukvić Krajačić, Mirjana ; Filić, Darko ; Matković-Čalogović, Dubravka et al. | Synthesis, NMR and X-ray structure analysis of macrolide aglycons // Structural chemistry, 23 (2012), 6; 1785-1796. doi: 10.1007/s11224-012-9984-3

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• Vinter, Adrijana ; Avdagić, Amir ; Štimac, Vlado ; Palej, Ivana ; Čikoš, Ana ; Šunjić, Vitomir ; Alihodžić, Sulejman | An Expeditious Method for the Preparation of 2- Hydroxy-1, 4-dioxane and Its Use in Reductive Alkylation of Amines // Synthesis, 42 (2010), 2; 255-258. doi: 10.1055/s-0029-1217101

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• Marušić Ištuk, Zorica ; Čikoš, Ana ; Gembarovski, Dubravka ; Lazarevski, Gorjana ; Đilović, Ivica ; Matković-Čalogović, Dubravka ; Kragol, Goran | Novel 9a, 11-bridged azalides : One-pot synthesis of N'-substituted 2-imino-1, 3-oxazolidines condensed to an azalide aglycone // Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry, 19 (2011), 1; 556-566. doi: 10.1016/j.bmc.2010.10.061

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• Novak, Predrag ; Barber, Jill ; Čikoš, Ana ; Arsić, Biljana ; Plavec, Janez ; Lazarevski, Gorjana ; Tepeš, Predrag ; Košutić-Hulita, Nada | Free and bound state structures of 6-O-methyl homoerythromycins and epitope mapping of their interactions with ribosomes // Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry, 17 (2009), 16; 5857-5867

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• Pešić, Dijana ; Ozimec Landek, Ivana ; Čikoš, Ana ; Metelko, Biserka ; Gabelica, Vesna ; Stanić, Barbara ; Merćep, Mladen ; Mesić, Milan | Synthesis of 2-formyl-1-aza-dibenzo[e, h]azulenes // Journal of heterocyclic chemistry, 44 (2007), 5; 1129-1133

Pregledni rad (znanstveni)

• Arsic, Biljana ; Barber, Jill ; Čikoš, Ana ; Mladenović, Milan ; Stanković, Nevena ; Novak, Predrag | 16-Membered Macrolide Antibiotics: a Review // International journal of antimicrobial agents, 51 (2018), 3; 283-298. doi: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2017.05.020

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Sažetak izlaganja sa skupa

• Ana Čikoš, Dijana Jureša, Leo Štefan | The Use of 1H-qNMR for Determination of Benzoyl Peroxide in Gel Suspension – a Pilot Study // Magnetic Moments in Central Europe 2022 : Book of Abstracts / Bregović, Nikola ; Namjesnik, Danijel: Novak, Predrag ; Parlov Vuković, Jelena (ur.). | Zagreb: Hrvatsko kemijsko društvo, 2022. str. 80-80

• Leo Štefan, Ivica Đilović, Ana Čikoš, Miljenko Dumić | STABILNOST METIMAZOLA U DIKLORMETANU // Ružička days : International conference 19th Ružička Days “Today Science – Tomorrow Industry” : Proceedings / Ružičkini dani : Međunarodni znanstveno-stručni skup 19. Ružičkini dani „Danas znanost - sutra industrija“ : zbornik radova / Babić, Jurislav ; Kučić Grgić, Dajana ; Ocelić Bulatović, Vesna (ur.). | Osijek : Zagreb: Faculty of Food Technology Osijek, University of Josip Juraj Strossmayer in Osijek ; Croatian Society of Chemical Engineers (CSCE), 2023. str. 54-54

• Leo Štefan, Ana Čikoš, Ivica Đilović, | Reactivity of 2,3-dihydro-1-methyl-2H-benzimidazole-2-thione towards 1,2-dichloroethane // 28th Croatian Meeting of Chemists and Chemical Engineers (28HSKIKI): Book of Abstracts / Rogošić, Marko (ur.). | Zagreb: Hrvatsko društvo kemijskih inženjera i tehnologa (HDKI), 2023. str. 130-130

• Jadranka Buljević , Ana Čikoš , Daria Juretić Perišić , Dean Marković , Leo Štefan | OKSIDACIJSKI PRODUKTI LIFITEGRASTA DOBIVENI PRISILNOM RAZGRADNJOM // XV Meeting Of Young Chemical Engineers : Book Of Abstracts / XV. susret mladih kemijskih inženjera : knjiga sažetaka / Ujević Andrijić, Željka; Vidak, Andrej (ur.). | Zagreb: Hrvatsko društvo kemijskih inženjera i tehnologa (HDKI), 2024. str. 144-144

• Klarić, David; Kelrajter, Melita; Čikoš, Ana; Budimir, Ana; Galić, Nives | Elucidating the Complexation of Nabumetone by β-cyclodextrins in Solution // 8th Faculty of Science PhD Student Symposium: Book of Abstracts / Posarić, Laura; Gmižić, Daria; Ostojić, Tea et al. (ur.). | Zagreb: Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia, 2024. str. 31-31

• Bakarić, Danijela ; Pašalić, Lea ; Maleš, Petra ; Pem, Barbara ; Čikoš, Ana | Synergy of NMR and FTIR spectroscopy in the characterization of asymmetric liposomes // 7th Adriatic NMR Conference : Book of Abstracts. | Zagreb: Hrvatsko kemijsko društvo, 2023. str. 41-41

• Čikoš, Ana ; Jureša, Dijana ; Štefan, Leo | The Use of 1H-qNMR for Determination of Benzoyl Peroxide in Gel Suspension – a Pilot Study // Magnetic Moments in Central Europe 2022, Joint meeting, Adriatic NMR Conference : Book of Abstracts. | Zagreb: Hrvatsko kemijsko društvo, 2022. str. 80-80

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• Štefan, Leo ; Čikoš, Ana ; Vianello, Robert ; Đilović, Ivica ; Dumić, Miljenko | Reactivity and thermal behaviour of 7-methyl- 2h,3h,7h-imidazo[2,1-b]thiazol-4-ium chloride // 27th Croatian Meeting of Chemists and Chemical Engineers and 5th Symposium Vladimir Prelog : Book of Abstracts. | Zagreb: Hrvatsko društvo kemijskih inženjera i tehnologa (HDKI), 2021. str. 252-252

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• Božičević, Marin ; Vujasinović, Magdalena ; Fiket, Lucija ; Sačer, Denis ; Blažic, Roko ; Čikoš, Ana ; Katančić, Zvonimir | Investigation of the conditions for the synthesis of poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) atrp macroinitiator // 27th Croatian meeting of chemists and chemical engineers : Book of abstracts. | Zagreb: Hrvatsko kemijsko društvo, 2021. str. 375-375

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• Butumović, Anamarija ; Mišetić, Petra ; Čikoš, Ana ; Koštrun, Sanja | Macrolide Inspired Macrocycles: Structural Complexity, Physico-Chemical and In Vitro ADME Properties // 8th World Conference on Physico Chemical Methods in Drug Discovery and Development. | 2019. str. 1-2

• Marjanović, Nera ; Čikoš, Ana ; Koštrun, Sanja | Investigating Chameleonic Properties of Macrocycles Using NMR and Molecular Modelling // Macrocycles 2018 - 3rd RSC BMCS Medicinal Chemistry Symposium on Macrocycles. | 2018. str. 1-2

• Čikoš, Ana ; Mollat, Patrick ; Saxty, Gordon ; Žiher, Dinko ; Laenen, Wendy ; Saniere, Laurent | Biophysical pre-screening as a forerunner do FBDD campaigns: the case of S. Aureus DnaE // Fragments 2017. | 2017. str. 1-1

• Čikoš, Ana | Fragment Screen on BRD4 using NMR Spectroscopy // Fragment-based Lead Discovery Conference 2014. | 2014. str. 1-2

• Bukvić-Krajačić, Mirjana ; Novak, Predrag ; Cindrić, Mario ; Dumić, Miljenko ; Čikoš, Ana ; Brajša, Karmen ; Kujundžić, Nedjeljko | The Novel Sulfonamides of 15-Membered Azalides as Inhibitors of Resistant Streptococcus pyogenes Strain // J. Mex. Chem. Soc.. | Mérida: ISSN 1870-249X, 2006. str. 198-198

• Bukvić Krajačić, Mirjana ; Žegarac, Miroslav ; Cindrić, Mario ; Košutić Hulita, Nada ; Lazarevski, Gorjana ; Dumbović, Alojz ; Metelko, Biserka ; Čikoš, Ana | Synthesis and Characterization of Azithromycin B and Decladinosyl-azithromycin // Knjiga sažetaka. | Zagreb: Hrvatsko društvo kemijskih inženjera i tehnologa (HDKI), 2005. str. 158-158

Sažetak izlaganja sa skupa

• Klarić, David; Čikoš, Ana; Budimir, Ana; Galić, Nives; | Spectroscopic and thermodynamic studies of nabumetone complexation by β-cyclodextrins // Acta Marisiensis. Seria Medica, 69, 2023. str. 23-23

Neobjavljeni prilog sa skupa

• Jadranka Buljević , Ana Čikoš , Daria Juretić Perišić , Dean Marković , Leo Štefan | OKSIDACIJSKI PRODUKTI LIFITEGRASTA DOBIVENI PRISILNOM RAZGRADNJOM // 15. Susret mladih kemijskih inženjera: međunarodni znanstveno-stručni skup | Zagreb, Hrvatska, 22.02.2024-23.02.2024

Diplomski rad

• Kelrajter, Melita | Karakterizacija inkluzijskih kompleksa nabumetona i β-ciklodekstrina spektroskopijom NMR / Čikoš, Ana (mentor). | Zagreb, Prirodoslovno-matematički fakultet, Zagreb, 2022

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• Marjanović, Nera | Konformacijska analiza makrocikličkih molekula metodama spektroskopije NMR i molekulskog modeliranja / Novak, Predrag ; Koštrun, Sanja (mentor); Čikoš, Ana (neposredni voditelj) . | Zagreb, Prirodoslovno-matematički fakultet, Zagreb, 2018

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• Croatian Chemical Society