Recent advances in lipase-mediated preparation of pharmaceuticals and their intermediates

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 29682-29716

  Carvalho, Ana Caroline Lustosa De Melo ^a   Fonseca, Thiago De Sousa ^a   De Mattos, Marcos Carlos ^a   De Oliveira, Maria Da Conceição Ferreira ^a   De Lemos, Tel Ma Leda Gomes ^a   Molinari, Francesco ^b   Romano, Diego ^b   Serra, Immacolata ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biocatalysis; Enantioselectivity; Kinetic resolution; Lipases; Pharmaceuticals

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ARGATROBAN; CEPHALOSPORIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; DIHYDROPYRIDINE DERIVATIVE; DULOXETINE; EZETIMIBE; FLURBIPROFEN; IBUPROFEN; KETOPROFEN; KETOROLAC; LOXOPROFEN; MEVINIC ACID DERIVATIVE; NAPROXEN; NEBRACETAM; PACLITAXEL; PIMECROLIMUS; PIPEROXAN; PREGABALIN; PROSTACYCLIN; PROSTAGLANDIN; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; RAPAMYCIN; RASAGILINE; TETRAHYDROFURAN DERIVATIVE; THIAMPHENICOL; THROMBOXANE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE; UNINDEXED DRUG; DRUG;

ARTHROBACTER; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BIOCATALYSIS; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; CHEMICAL PROCEDURES; DRUG SOLUBILITY; ENZYME STABILITY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; ESTERIFICATION; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HYDROLYSIS; NONHUMAN; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; REVIEW; THERMOMYCES LANUGINOSUS; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES; SYNTHESIS;

ANIMALS; BIOCATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY TECHNIQUES, SYNTHETIC; ENZYME STABILITY; ESTERIFICATION; HUMANS; HYDROLYSIS; LIPASE; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS;

EID: 84949895399     PISSN: 16616596     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms161226191     Document Type: Review

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