Continuous flow microreactors for drug discovery

Current Opinion in Drug Discovery and Development

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 807-812

  Watts, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Drug discovery; Flow reactors; Microreactors; Organic synthesis

Indexed keywords

DIPEPTIDE; PYRAZOLE DERIVATIVE; TRIPEPTIDE;

BIOASSAY; CONTINUOUS FLOW MICROREACTOR; CONTINUOUS FLOW REACTOR; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; MICELLAR ELECTROKINETIC CHROMATOGRAPHY; ORGANIC SYNTHESIS; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; SYNTHESIS;

BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; COMBINATORIAL CHEMISTRY TECHNIQUES; DRUG INDUSTRY; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS;

EID: 10444261103     PISSN: 13676733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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