Damjan Makuc

B. Peklar, F. Perdih, D. Makuc, J. Plavec, J. Cluzeau, Z. Kitanovski and Z. Časar
Glasdegib Dimaleate: Synthesis, Characterization and Comparison of its Properties with Monomaleate Analogue
Pharmaceutics 2022, 14 (8), 1641.
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A. D. Štiglic, F. Gürer, F. Lackner, D. Bračič, A. Winter, L. Gradišnik, D. Makuc, R. Kargl, I. Duarte, J. Plavec, U. Maver, M. Beaumont, K. S. Kleinschek and T. Mohan
Organic Acid Crosslinked 3D printed cellulose nanocomposite bioscaffolds with controlled porosity, mechanical strength, and biocompatibility
iScience 2022, 25 (5): 104263.
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A. Dobaj Štiglic, R. Kargl, M. Beaumont, C. Strauss, D. Makuc, D. Egger, J. Plavec, O. Rojas, K. Stana Kleinschek and T. Mohan
Influence of Charge and Heat on the Mechanical Properties of Scaffolds from Ionic Complexation of Chitosan and Carboxymethyl Cellulose
ACS Biomater. Sci. Eng. 2021, 7 (8), 3618-3632.
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L. Jurko, M. Bračič, S. Hribernik, D. Makuc, J. Plavec, F. Jerenec, S. Žabkar, N. Gubeljak, A. Štern and R. Kargl
Succinylation of polyallylamine: Influence on biological efficacy and the formation of electrospun fibers
Polymers 2021, 13 (17), 2840.
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F. Gürer, R. Kargl, M. Bračič, D. Makuc, M. Thonhofer, J. Plavec, T. Mohan and K. S. Kleinschek
Water-based carbodiimide mediated synthesis of polysaccharide-amino acid conjugates: Deprotection, charge and structural analysis
Carbohydr. Polym. 2021, 267, 118226.
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U. Jug, I. Vovk, V. Glavnik V, D. Makuc, K. Naumoska
Off-line multidimensional high performance thin-layer chromatography for fractionation of Japanese knotweed rhizome bark extract and isolation of flavan-3-ols, proanthocyanidins and anthraquinones
J. Chromatogr. A. 2020, 461802.
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C. Galea, D. Makuc, K. Szaciłowski, J. Plavec and David C. Magri
Synthesis and Spectroscopic Studies of Diaza-8-Crown-4-Dinitrophenyl Ethers
Supramol. Chem. 2020, 32 (1), 13-22.
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H. Lengauer, D. Makuc, D. Sterk, F. Perdih, A. Pichler, T. Trdan Lusin, J. Plavec and Z. Casar
Co-crystals, Salts or Mixtures of Both? The Case of Tenofovir Alafenamide Fumarates
Pharmaceutics 2020, 12(4), 342.
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D. Makuc, Z. Svab, K. Naumoska, J. Plavec and Z. Casar
Determination of D-cycloserine Impurities in Pharmaceutical Dosage Forms: Comparison of The International Pharmacopoeia HPLC-UV Method and DOSY NMR Method
Molecules 2020, 25 (7), 1684.
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T. Mohan, A. Dobaj Stiglic, M. Beaumont, J. Konnerth, F. Gürer, D. Makuc, U. Maver, L. Gradišnik, J. Plavec, R. Kargl and K. Stana Kleinschek
Generic Method for Designing Self-standing and Dual Porous 3D Bioscaffolds from Cellulosic Nanomaterials for Tissue Engineering Applications
ACS Appl. Bio Mater. 2020 , 3 (2), 1197-1209.
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U. Jug, K. Naumoska, V. Metličar, A. Schink, D. Makuc, I. Vovk, J. Plavec and K. Lucas
Interference of oleamide with analytical and bioassay results
Sci. Rep. 2020, 10, article number: 2163.
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M. K. Yates, P. Chatterjee, M. Flint, Y. Arefeayne, D. Makuc, J. Plavec, C. F. Spiropoulou and K. L. Seley-Radtke
Probing the Effects of Pyrimidine Functional Group Switches on Acyclic Fleximer Analogues for Antiviral Activity
Molecules 2019, 24 (17): 3184.
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B. Murovec, D. Makuc, S. Kolbl Repinc, Z. Prevorsek, D. Zavec, R. Sket, K. Pecnik, J. Plavec and B. Stres
1H NMR metabolomics of microbial metabolites in the four MW agricultural biogas plant reactors: A case study of inhibition mirroring the acute rumen acidosis symptoms
J. Environ. Manage. 2018, 222, 428-435.
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R. Sket, T. Debevec, S. Kublik, M. Schloter, A. Schoeller, B. Murovec, K.F. Mikus, D. Makuc, K. Pecnik, J. Plavec, I.B. Mekjavic, O. Eiken, Z. Prevorsek and B. Stres
Intestinal metagenomes and metabolomes in healthy young males: Inactivity and hypoxia generated negative physiological symptoms precede microbial dysbiosis
Front. Physiol. 2018, 9, article number: 198.
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I. S. Ozdemir, C. Dag, D. Makuc, E. Ertas, J. Plavec and S. Bekiroglu
Characterisation of the Turkish and Slovenian extra virgin olive oils by chemometric analysis of the presaturation ¹H NMR spectra
LWT-Food Sci. Technol. 2018, 92, 10-15.
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A. Bistrovic, P. Grbcic, A. Harej, M. Sedic, S. Kraljevic Pavelic, S. Kostrun, J. Plavec, D. Makuc and S. Raic-Malic
Small molecule purine and pseudopurine derivatives: synthesis, cytostatic evaluations and investigation of growth inhibitory effect in non-small cell lung cancer A549
J. Enzyme Inhib. Med. Chem. 2018, 33 (1), 271-285.
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N. Martinović, T. Polak, D. Makuc, N. Poklar Ulrih, H. Abramovič
A kinetic approach in the evaluation of radical-scavenging efficiency of sinapic acid and its derivates
Molecules 2017, 22 (3), 1-17.
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E. Kranjc, A. Albreht, I. Vovk, V. Glavnik, D. Makuc
High selectivity of thin-layer chromatography enables characterization of physalin L standard and its impurity
JPC J. Planar Chromatogr. - Mod. TLC 2017, 30 (5), 429-439.
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M. A. Cardona, D. Makuc, K. Szaciłowski, J. Plavec and D. C. Magri
Water-Soluble Colorimetric Amino[bis(ethanesulfonate)] Azobenzene pH Indicators: A UV–Vis Absorption, DFT, and ¹H-¹⁵N NMR Spectroscopy Study
ACS Omega 2017, 2 (9), 6159–6166.
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R. Schwarzlin, N. Pusenjak, D. Makuc, M. Krizman, I. Vovk, J. Plavec and U. Svajger
Synergistic complex from plants Solanaceae exhibits cytotoxicity for the human hepatocellular carcinoma cell line HepG2
BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2016, 16:395.
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K. N. Farrugia, D. Makuc, A. Podborska, K. Szacilowski, J. Plavec and D. C. Magri
Colorimetric Naphthalene-based Thiosemicarbazide Anion Chemosensors with an Internal Charge Transfer Mechanism
Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2016, (25), 4415-4422.
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I. Crnolatac, I. Rogan, B. Majic, S. Tomic, T. Deligeorgiev, G. Horvat, D. Makuc, J. Plavec, G. Pescitelli and I. Piantanida
Small molecule probes finely differentiate between various ds- and ss-DNA and RNA by fluorescence, CD and NMR response
Anal. Chim. Acta 2016, 940, 128-135.
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D. Makuc, T. Merckx, W. Dehaen and J. Plavec
Conformational NMR Study of Bistriazolyl Anion Receptors
Acta Chim. Slov. 2016, 63(3), 484-488.
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E. Kranjc, A. Albreht, I. Vovk, D. Makuc and J. Plavec
Non-targeted chromatographic analyses of cuticular wax flavonoids from Physalis alkekengi L.
J. Chromatogr. A 2016, 1437, 95-106.
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M. Stipković Babić, D. Makuc, J. Plavec, T. Martinović, S. Kraljević Pavelić, K. Pavelić, R. Snoeck, G. Andrei, D. Schols, K. Wittine and M. Mintas
Novel halogenated 3-deazapurine, 7-deazapurine and alkylated 9-deazapurine derivatives of L-ascorbic or imino-L-ascorbic acid: Synthesis, antitumour and antiviral activity evaluations
Eur. J. Med. Chem. 2015, 102, 288-302.
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S. Kristafor, A. Bistrovic, J. Plavec, D. Makuc, T, Martinovic, S. Kraljevic Pavelic and S. Raic-Malic
One-pot click synthesis of 1,2,3-triazole-embedded unsaturated uracil derivatives and hybrids of 1,5- and 2,5-disubstituted tetrazoles and pyrimidines
Tetrahedron Lett. 2015, 56 (10), 1222-1228.
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K. N. Farrugia, D. Makuc, A. Podborska, K. Szaciłowski, J. Plavec and D. C. Magri
UV-visible and 1H-15N NMR Spectroscopic Studies of Colorimetric Thiosemicarbazide Anion Sensors
Org. Biomol. Chem. 2015, 13(6), 1662-1672.
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N. Busschaert, L. E. Karagiannidis, M. Wenzel, C. J. E. Haynes, N. J. Wells, P. G. Young, D. Makuc, J. Plavec, K. A. Joliffe, P. A. Gale
Synthetic transporters for sulfate: a new method for the direct detection of lipid bilayer sulfate transport
Chem. Sci. 2014, 5 (3), 1118-1127.
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K. Wittine, K. Poljak, M. Kovac, D. Makuc, J. Plavec, J. Balzarini, T. Martinovic, S. Kraljević Pavelic, K. Pavelic and M. Mintas
The Novel [4,5-e][1,3]Diazepine-4,8-dione and Acyclic Carbamoyl Imino-Ureido Derivatives of Imidazole: Synthesis, Anti-Viral and Anti-Tumor Activity Evaluations
Molecules 2013, 18 (11), 13385-13397.
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D. Makuc, J. Fabris, Z. Casar and J. Plavec
Conformational Analysis of Geometric Isomers of Pitavastatin Together With Their Lactonized Analogues
Molecules 2013, 18 (11), 13283-13296.
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J. Fabris, D. Makuc, Z. Časar and J. Plavec
Conformational Analysis of E/Z-isomeric Pairs of Rosuvastatin and Its Lactonized Analogues
Tetrahedron 2013, 69 (30), 6262-6268.
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A. Mescic, D. Glavac, A. Osmanovic, D. Zavrsnik, M. Cetina, D. Makuc, J. Plavec, S. M. Ametamey and S. Raic-Malic
N-alkylated and O-alkylated Regioisomers of 5-(Hydroxyalkyl)pyrimidines: Synthesis, Structural and Conformational Study
J. Mol. Struct. 2013, 1039, 160-166.
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P. Terpinc, T. Polak, D. Makuc, N. Ulrih Poklar, H. Abramovič
The occurrence and characterisation of phenolic compounds in Camelina sativa seed, cake and oil
Food Chem. 2012, 131 (2), 580-589.
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K. Wittine, M. Stipković Babić, D. Makuc, J. Plavec, S. Kraljević Pavelić, M. Sedić, Krešimir Pavelić, P. Leyssen, J. Neyts and Mladen Mintas
Novel 1,2,4-Triazole and Imidazole Derivatives of L-Ascorbic and Imino-Ascorbic Acid: Synthesis, Anti-HCV and Antitumor Activity Evaluations
Bioorg. Med. Chem. 2012, 20 (11), 3675-3685.
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S. Kristafor, A. Mescic, M. Cetina, S. Korunda, D. Makuc, J. Plavec and S. Raic-Malic
Synthesis, structural and conformational studies of Z- and E-isomers of fluorinated C-6 isobutenyl N-methyl thymine derivatives
J. Fluorine Chem. 2011, 132 (9), 573–578.
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D. Makuc, J. R. Hiscock, M. E. Light, P. A. Gale and J. Plavec
NMR studies of anion-induced conformational changes in diindolylureas and diindolylthioureas
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2011, 7, 1205–1214.
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D. Završnik, S. Muratovic, D. Makuc, J. Plavec, M. Cetina, A. Nagl, E. De Clercq, J. Balzarini and M. Mintas
Benzylidene-bis-(4-Hydroxycoumarine) and Benzopyranocoumarine Derivatives: Synthesis, ¹H/¹³C NMR Conformational and X-ray Crystal Structure Studies and in vitro Antiviral Activity Evaluations
Molecules 2011, 16 (7), 6023-6040.
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T. Gazivoda Kraljevic, M. Petrovic, S. Kristafor, D. Makuc, J. Plavec, T. L. Ross, S. M. Ametamey and S. Raic-Malic
Methoxymethyl (MOM) group nitrogen protection of pyrimidines bearing C-6 acyclic side-chains
Molecules 2011, 16 (6), 5113-5129.
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M. Sala, D. Makuc, J. Kolar, J. Plavec and B. Pihlar
Potentiometric and ₃1P NMR studies on inositol phosphates and their interaction with iron(III) ions
Carbohydr. Res. 2011, 346 (4), 488-494.
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D. Makuc, M. Albrecht and J. Plavec
Conformational changes of functionalised indole receptors upon their interaction with anions
Supramol. Chem., 2010, 22 (10), 603-611.
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S. Kristafor, T. Gazivoda Kraljevic, D. Makuc, J. Plavec, L. Suman, M. Kralj and S. Raic-Malic
Synthesis, Structural Studies and Antitumoral Evaluation of C-6 Alkyl and Alkenyl Side Chain Pyrimidine Derivatives
Molecules 2009, 14 (12), 4866-4879.

D. Makuc, Triyanti, M. Albrecht, J. Plavec, K. Rissanen, A. Valkonen and C. A. Schalley
The Halide Binding Behavior of 2-Carbamoyl-7-ureido-1H-indoles: Conformational Aspects
Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2009, (28), 4854-4866.

D. Makuc, M. Lenarcic, G. W. Bates, P. A. Gale and J. Plavec
Anion-induced conformational changes in 2,7-disubstituted indole-based receptors
Org. Biomol. Chem. 2009, 7 (17), 3505-3511.

S. Kristafor, T. Gazivoda, M. Cetina, D. Makuc, J. Plavec and S. Raic-Malic
Synthesis and structural characterization of the C-6 fluoroalkylated pyrimidine derivatives
J. Mol. Struct. 2009, 923 (1-3), 19-23.

T. Gazivoda, S. Raic-Malic, V. Kristafor, D. Makuc, J. Plavec, S. Bratulic, S. Kraljevic-Pavelic, K. Pavelic, L. Naesens, G. Andrei, R. Snoeck, J. Balzarini and M. Mintas
Synthesis, cytostatic and anti-HIV evaluations of the new unsaturated acyclic C-5 pyrimidine nucleoside analogues
Bioorg. & Med. Chem. 2008, 16, 5624-5634.

S. Prekupec, D. Makuc, J. Plavec , L. Suman, M. Kralj, K. Pavelic, J. Balzarini, E. de Clercq, M. Mintas and S. Raic-Malic
Novel C-6 Fluorinated Acyclic Side Chain Pyrimidine Derivatives: Synthesis, ¹H and ¹³C NMR Conformational Studies, Antiviral and Cytostatic Evaluations
J. Med. Chem. 2007, 50 (13), 3037-3045.

T. Gazivoda, K. Wittine, I. Lovric, D. Makuc, J. Plavec, M. Cetina, D. Mrvos-Sermek, L. Suman, M. Kralj, K. Pavelic, M. Mintas and S. Raic-Malic
Synthesis, structural studies, and cytostatic evaluation of 5,6-di-O-modified L-ascorbic acid derivatives
Carbohydr. Res. 2006, 341 (4), 433-442.

S. Prekupec, D. Makuc, J. Plavec, S. Kraljevic, M. Kralj, K. Pavelic, G. Andrei, R. Snoeck, J. Balzarini, E. De Clercq, S. Raic-Malic and M. Mintas
Antiviral and cytostatic evaluation of the novel 6-acyclic chain substituted thymine derivatives
Antiviral Chemistry and Chemotherapy 2005, 16, 327-338.