Carbohydrate Based Small Molecules: Sweet Spots in Medicinal Chemistry
A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Medicinal Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 April 2023) | Viewed by 8596
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Carbohydrates play a vital role in numerous physiological activities as the main energy carriers and information molecules in organisms. In addition, many sugar-based small molecules, including amino sugars, are widely found in various medical and agricultural antibiotics. They play a vital role in the fight against diseases, and significantly increase and enhance the yield and quality of crops. The water solubility, biocompatibility and metabolic stability of these compounds have attracted extensive attention in the field of biomedicine in recent years. Carbohydrate derivatives modified from simple saccharide monomers by synthesis not only maintain the original biophysical properties of the group, but also endow or enhance the functional characteristics in terms of druggability. We have sufficient reason to believe that with the deepening of research, carbohydrate-based small molecules will have bright prospects in the field of medicinal chemistry.
This Special Issue aims to provide a broad overview of the latest developments in pharmaceutically relevant carbohydrate-based small molecules.
Prof. Dr. Xiaofeng Ma
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- carbohydrate derivatives
- C-glycosides
- amino sugars
- polyhydroxylated compounds
- biologically active molecules
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