Title:An Overview on Glyco-Macrocycles: Potential New Lead and their Future in Medicinal Chemistry
VOLUME: 27 ISSUE: 20
Author(s):Kartikey Singh and Rama Pati Tripathi*
Affiliation:Medicinal and Process Chemistry Division, CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow 226031, U.P., Medicinal and Process Chemistry Division, CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow 226031, U.P.
Keywords:Glyco-macrocycle, glycohybrids, glycoside, cyclic peptide, glycopeptide, glycomimetics, saponins.
Abstract:Macrocycles cover a small segment of molecules with a vast range of biological
activity in the chemotherapeutic world. Primarily, the natural sources derived from macrocyclic
drug candidates with a wide range of biological activities are known. Further evolutions
of the medicinal chemistry towards macrocycle-based chemotherapeutics involve the functionalization
of the natural product by hemisynthesis. More recently, macrocycles based on
carbohydrates have evolved a considerable interest among the medicinal chemists worldwide.
Carbohydrates provide an ideal scaffold to generate chiral macrocycles with well-defined
pharmacophores in a decorated fashion to achieve the desired biological activity. We have
given an overview on carbohydrate-derived macrocycle involving their synthesis in drug design
and discovery and potential role in medicinal chemistry.