HIVプロテアゼ阻害剤として強力で,生物利用可能で,非ペプチド性循環尿素の合理的な設計

P Y Lam1, P K Jadhav, C J Eyermann

  • 1Department of Virology Research, DuPont Merck Pharmaceutical Company, Wilmington, DE 19880.

Science (New York, N.Y.)
|January 21, 1994
PubMed
まとめ

研究者は,ヒト免疫不全ウイルス (HIV) プロテアゼの強力な阻害剤として,HIVの複製を効果的に阻害する新しい循環性尿素を設計しました. これらの阻害剤は,重要な水分子を模倣し,薬剤の有効性と経口生物利用性を高めます.

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