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Cyclic Peptides in Pipeline: What Future for These Great Molecules?
Pharmaceuticals, 2023 Cyclic peptides are molecules that are already used as drugs in therapies approved for various pharmacological activities, for example, as antibiotics, antifungals, anticancer, and immunosuppressants.
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Small Natural Cyclic Peptides from DBAASP Database [PDF]
PharmaceuticalsAntimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are promising tools for combating microbial resistance. However, their therapeutic potential is hindered by two intrinsic drawbacks—low target affinity and poor in vivo stability.
Evgenia Alimbarashvili +3 more
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Current Medicinal Chemistry, 2016 For decades the opioid receptors have been an attractive therapeutic target for the treatment of pain. Since the first discovery of enkephalin, approximately a dozen endogenous opioid peptides have been known to produce opioid activity and analgesia, but their therapeutics have been limited mainly due to low blood brain barrier penetration and poor ...
Michael, Remesic +2 more
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Plant derived cyclic peptides [PDF]
Biochemical Society Transactions, 2021 Cyclic peptides are widespread throughout the plant kingdom, and display diverse sequences, structures and bioactivities. The potential applications attributed to these peptides and their unusual biosynthesis has captivated the attention of researchers for many years.
Norelle L. Daly, David T. Wilson
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Cyclic Peptides for Drug Development
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2023 AbstractCyclic peptides are fascinating molecules abundantly found in nature and exploited as molecular format for drug development as well as other applications, ranging from research tools to food additives. Advances in peptide technologies made over many years through improved methods for synthesis and drug development have resulted in a steady ...
Ji, Xinjian +2 more
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Bioinformatics-Assisted Discovery of Antioxidant Cyclic Peptides from Corn Gluten Meal [PDF]
FoodsUsing a multidisciplinary approach, this paper was designed to prepare, identify, and characterize novel maize antioxidant cyclic peptides from protein hydrolysate of corn gluten meal (CGM).
Hongcheng Liu +8 more
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Antimicrobial Cyclic Peptides for Plant Disease Control
The Plant Pathology Journal, 2015 Antimicrobial cyclic peptides derived from microbes bind stably with target sites, have a tolerance to hydrolysis by proteases, and a favorable degradability under field conditions, which make them an attractive proposition for use as agricultural ...
Dong Wan Lee, Beom Seok Kim
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C2PO: an ML-powered optimizer of the membrane permeability of cyclic peptides through chemical modification [PDF]
Journal of CheminformaticsPeptide drug development is currently receiving due attention as a modality between small and large molecules. Therapeutic peptides represent an opportunity to achieve high potency, selectivity, and reach intracellular targets.
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Rational design of glycosaminoglycan binding cyclic peptides using cPEPmatch [PDF]
Computational and Structural Biotechnology JournalCyclic peptides present a robust platform for drug design, offering high specificity and stability due to their conformationally constrained structures.
Brianda L. Santini +6 more
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Chemical Properties, Preparation, and Pharmaceutical Effects of Cyclic Peptides from Pseudostellaria heterophylla [PDF]
MoleculesRadix Pseudostellariae (Tai-Zi-Shen), the dried tuberous root of the Caryophyllaceae plant Pseudostellaria heterophylla (Miq.) Pax (P. heterophylla), has been widely used in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) for thousands of years. It is slightly bitter,
Yue Yang +6 more
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