Enzyme-mediated hydrolytic activation of prodrugs

Prodrug design is an important part of drug discovery. Prodrugs can offer many advantages over parent drugs such as increased solubility, enhanced stability, improved bioavailability, reduced side effects, and better selectivity. Many prodrugs have been used successfully in the clinic; examples incl...

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Main Authors: Yan-hui Yang, Herve Aloysius, Daigo Inoyama, Yu Chen, Long-qin Hu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2011-10-01
Series:Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211383511000645