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Abstract
A recent study challenges the oft-held notion that ester bonds in prodrug molecules are cleaved rapidly and completely inside cells by endogenous, nonspecific esterases. Structure-activity relationship studies on acylated sugars reveal that regioisomeric compounds display disparate biological activity, suggesting that ester bonds can persist in a cellular context.Entities:
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Year: 2008 PMID: 18422301 DOI: 10.1021/cb800065s
Source DB: PubMed Journal: ACS Chem Biol ISSN: 1554-8929 Impact factor: 5.100