Steroid-based head-to-tail amphiphiles as effective iono- and protonophores

Tetrahedron

Volumn 61, Issue 45, 2005, Pages 10689-10698

  Avallone, Elvira ^a   Cressina, Elena ^b   Fregonese, Massimo ^b   Tecilla, Paolo ^b   Izzo, Irene ^a   De Riccardis, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amphiphile; Ionophore; Protonophore; Steroids

Indexed keywords

3BETA [(TERT BUTYLDIPHENYLSILYL)OXY] 5ALPHA 23,24 BISNORCHOL 16 EN 6ALPHA,7BETA,22 TRIOL; AMPHOPHILE; AMPHOTERICIN B; BENZENE DERIVATIVE; EPIANDROSTERONE; ETHYLENE DERIVATIVE; IONOPHORE; POLYENE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; POLYETHER ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PROTON; SODIUM ION; STEROID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG CONJUGATION; DRUG SYNTHESIS; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON TRANSPORT; SODIUM TRANSPORT; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 26244436645     PISSN: 00404020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2005.08.085     Document Type: Article

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