Ionic liquid applications in peptide chemistry: Synthesis, purification and analytical characterization processes

Molecules

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 4158-4185

  Tietze, Alesia A ^a   Heimer, Pascal ^a   Stark, Annegret ^b   Imhof, Diana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ionic liquids; Peptide analysis; Peptide synthesis; Reaction media

Indexed keywords

IONIC LIQUID; PEPTIDE;

CHEMISTRY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; REVIEW; SYNTHESIS;

IONIC LIQUIDS; PEPTIDES;

EID: 84860244898     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14203049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/molecules17044158     Document Type: Review

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