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ReviewNeurodegenerative disease management2026

Exploring prodrug approaches for Alzheimer's treatment: an overview.

Priya Kumari, Dileep Kumar, Shakuntala Chopade, Dipanjan Karati

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Review in Neurodegenerative disease management, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Priya KumariDepartment of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Bharati Vidyapeeth (Deemed to be) University's Poona College of Pharmacy, Pune, India.
Dileep KumarDepartment of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Manipal College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, India.
Shakuntala ChopadeDepartment of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Bharati Vidyapeeth (Deemed to be) University's Poona College of Pharmacy, Pune, India.
Dipanjan KaratiDepartment of Pharmaceutical Technology, School of Pharmacy, Techno India University, Kolkata, India.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the largest global health burden among age-related conditions; it involves inflammation, plaque buildup, and oxidative stress combined with tangles that lead to brain atrophy and a decline in cognitive function. Though intensive research efforts have been focused on identifying the etiology of AD, its causative factors, especially concerning therapeutic interventions that can make a significant impact in this regard, are relatively vague due to several impediments such as the blood-brain barrier (BBB). Prodrugs and nanomedicine deliver new promising alternatives for drug administration over the BBB with better therapeutic results. This paper documents several prodrugs created for AD along with in vitro techniques for analyzing prodrug kinetics and recently developed nanotechnology-based delivery systems. The innovations discussed herein aim to enhance the bioavailability, stability, and activity of drugs toward offering better treatment opportunities as well as new research avenues against AD.

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Alzheimer DiseaseProdrugsAnimalsBlood-Brain BarrierDrug Delivery SystemsHumansProdrugsAlzheimer’s diseaseblood brain barrierdonepezilnanoformuationsprodrug

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PMID40569027
PMCPMC13011631

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