Abstract
The ability to affect eukaryotic and prokaryotic cellular growth, signaling and differentiation is a continuing focus in the pharmaceutical industry. The fundamental ability to affect these cellular processes is inherent in lactones. Lactones, which are ubiquitous in nature, reflect a broad phylogenetic diversity indicative of their ability to act as simple alkylating compounds, with their in situ activities falling into one of two categories, i.e., protect or conquer. Medically, their utility as pharmaceutical agents range from that of antimicrobial to anti-neoplastic agent depending on the functional groups attached.
Keywords: lactones, dna polymerases, human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (hiv-1) reverse transcriptase, cytokines
Mini-Reviews in Medicinal Chemistry
Title: Lactones: Generic Inhibitors of Enzymes?
Volume: 5 Issue: 1
Author(s): Monika I. Konaklieva and Balbina J. Plotkin
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Keywords: lactones, dna polymerases, human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (hiv-1) reverse transcriptase, cytokines
Abstract: The ability to affect eukaryotic and prokaryotic cellular growth, signaling and differentiation is a continuing focus in the pharmaceutical industry. The fundamental ability to affect these cellular processes is inherent in lactones. Lactones, which are ubiquitous in nature, reflect a broad phylogenetic diversity indicative of their ability to act as simple alkylating compounds, with their in situ activities falling into one of two categories, i.e., protect or conquer. Medically, their utility as pharmaceutical agents range from that of antimicrobial to anti-neoplastic agent depending on the functional groups attached.
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Konaklieva I. Monika and Plotkin J. Balbina, Lactones: Generic Inhibitors of Enzymes?, Mini-Reviews in Medicinal Chemistry 2005; 5 (1) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1389557053402828
DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1389557053402828 |
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Publisher Name Bentham Science Publisher |
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