Synthesis of medicinally useful lipidic α-amino acids, 2-amino alcohols and diamines

Amino Acids

Volumn 11, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 329-343

  Kokotos, G ^a   Martin, V ^b   Constantinou Kokotou, V ^c   Gibbons, W A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^c AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Drug delivery system; Enantioselective synthesis; Lipid mimetics; Lipidic amino alcohols; Lipidic diamines; Lipidic amino acids; Phospholipase A2 inhibitors

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; AMINO ACID; AMINOALCOHOL; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CHLORAMBUCIL; DIAMINE; DIPEPTIDE DERIVATIVE; IMMUNOLOGICAL ADJUVANT; LEUKOCYTE ELASTASE; MORPHINE; PHOSPHOLIPASE A2; SUGAR; TAURINE;

AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG DEVELOPMENT; DRUG SYNTHESIS; ENZYME CHEMISTRY; ENZYME INHIBITION; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029857593     PISSN: 09394451     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00807940     Document Type: Conference Paper

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