Heterocycles in peptidomimetics and pseudopeptides: design and synthesis

Iole Cerminara; Lucia Chiummiento; Maria Funicello; Ambra Guarnaccio; Paolo Lupattelli

doi:10.3390/ph5030297

Heterocycles in peptidomimetics and pseudopeptides: design and synthesis

Pharmaceuticals (Basel). 2012 Mar 8;5(3):297-316. doi: 10.3390/ph5030297.

Authors

Iole Cerminara¹, Lucia Chiummiento, Maria Funicello, Ambra Guarnaccio, Paolo Lupattelli

Affiliation

¹ Dipartimento di Chimica "Antonio Mario Tamburro", Università degli Studi della Basilicata, Via Ateneo Lucano 10, Potenza 85100, Italy. maria.funicello@unibas.it.

Abstract

This minireview provides a brief outline of the peculiar aspects of the preparation of peptidomimetic and pseudopeptidic structures containing heterocycles. In particular novel tricyclic structures are investigated as potential drugs.