Pyroglutamic acid and 6 oxopipecolic acid as chiral synthons for compounds of medicinal interest

Prevention of the neurotoxic effect that excess glutamic acid has on its receptors can lead to the treatment of a number of neurodegenerative diseases and pathological conditions. Developments of new methods for the stereospecific synthesis of novel amino acids will allow identification of compounds...

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Main Author: Ahmed, Omar
Published: University of Sussex 2003
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.288609