In Search Of Bioactive Shapes
Last Updated on Wednesday, 31 August 2005 06:37 Written by admin Wednesday, 31 August 2005 06:37
Metal complexes that mimic the shapes of natural products show unique properties
Natural products are classic inspirations for, and indeed sources of, therapeutic agents, but they are scarce and often painstaking to make by synthetic means. At the American Chemical Society national meeting this week in Washington, D.C., Eric Meggers of the University of Pennsylvania demonstrated that simple metal complexes could replicate the unique activities of natural products.
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