Title: Focus on Recent Approaches for the Development of New NO-Donors
VOLUME: 5 ISSUE: 2
Author(s):A. Gasco, R. Fruttero and B. Rolando
Affiliation:Dipartimento di Scienza e Tecnologia del Farmaco, Via P. Giuria, 9 - 10125 Torino - Italy.
Keywords:nitric oxide, no-donors, no-donor antioxidants, no-donor targeting, drug/no-donor hybrids, no-delivery systems
Abstract: Recent research developments in the field of NO-donor compounds have concerned conjugation of NO-donor moieties with antioxidant groups, NO-donor targeting, design of NO-donor hybrid drugs and of NOdelivery systems. These new approaches are illustrated and discussed through selected examples.