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ArticleAdvances in experimental medicine and biology2021

Peptide-Based Antiviral Drugs.

N Arul Murugan, K Muruga Poopathi Raja, N T Saraswathi

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Article in Advances in experimental medicine and biology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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4.2field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

N Arul MuruganDepartment of Theoretical Chemistry and Biology, School of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Health, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden. murugan@kth.se.
K Muruga Poopathi RajaChemical Biology and Biophysics Laboratory, Department of Physical Chemistry, School of Chemistry, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai, Tamilnadu, India. murugapoopathiraja@mkuniversity.ac.in.
N T SaraswathiSchool of Chemical & Biotechnology, Sastra Deemed University, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India.
KTH Royal Institute of Technology · SEMadurai Kamaraj University · INSASTRA University · IN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Three types of chemical entities, namely, small organic molecules (organics), peptides, and biologics, are mainly used as drug candidates for the treatment of various diseases. Even though the peptide drugs are known since 1920 in association with the clinical use of insulin, only a limited number of peptides are currently used for therapeutics due to various disadvantages associated with them such as limited serum and blood stability, oral bioavailability, and permeability. Since, through chemical modifications and structure tuning, many of these limitations can be overcome, peptide-based drugs are gaining attention in pharmaceutical research. As of today, there are more than 60 peptide-based drugs approved by FDA, and over 150 peptides are in the advanced clinical studies. In this book chapter, the peptide-based lead compounds and drugs available for treating various viral diseases and their advantages and disadvantages when compared to small molecules drugs are discussed.

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Biological ProductsVirus DiseasesAntiviral AgentsHumansInsulinPeptidesAntiviral AgentsBiological ProductsInsulinPeptidesAntiviral peptidesDNA recombinant technologyHalf-life of peptidesOral bioavailabilityPermeabilitySolid-phase peptide synthesis

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PMID34258744
OpenAlexW3180741587

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