Peering into the Kaleidoscope of Cyclodextrins

Biomolecules. 2021 Jan 19;11(1):121. doi: 10.3390/biom11010121.

Abstract

Cyclodextrins (CDs) are known to us for 130 years, yet they remain ever as new and as fascinating as in their early years, when Villiers marveled at the unexpected growth of "beautiful radiated crystals" in the alcoholic media of his experiments on bacterial fermentation of starches, or when Freudenberg struggled to solve the puzzle of their unusual shape and structure [...].

Publication types

  • Editorial
  • Introductory Journal Article

MeSH terms

  • Antioxidants / pharmacology
  • Cyclodextrins / chemistry*
  • Water

Substances

  • Antioxidants
  • Cyclodextrins
  • Water