实用合成的前列腺素,DPP,及其类型,辅助抗潜在的HIV病毒

Paul A Wender1, Jung-Min Kee, Jeffrey M Warrington

  • 1Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, 337 Campus Drive, Stanford, CA 94305, USA. wenderp@stanford.edu

Science (New York, N.Y.)
|May 3, 2008
PubMed
概括

科学家们开发了一种实用合成的 prostratin 和 DPP,这些化合物激活潜伏的HIV. 这一突破克服了供应的限制,有助于寻找更好的艾滋病治疗方法.

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