期刊
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCE
卷 10, 期 6, 页码 649-654出版社
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2002.10.001
关键词
stereoisomers; enantiomers; chirality
Stereoisomers are compounds that have identical sets of atoms configured in the same positions but are arranged differently spatially. Approximately 25% of contemporary drugs are marketed and used as racemates; (i.e., as equinnolar mixtures of stereoisomers). This may have major clinical implications, as stereoisomers may possess qualitative and/or quantitative differences in pharmacological effects, plasma protein and tissue binding, metabolic and renal clearance. There are many examples of racemic drugs manufactured and used as single stereoisomers in the field of neurology including the anti-Parkinsonian drugs levodopa, selegiline, apomorphine and entacapone, the antiepileptic drugs tiagabine and levetiracetam, the secondary stroke prevention agent clopidogrel and the acetylcholinesterase inhibitor rivastigmine. The role of drug stereochemistry in the re-evaluation of established drugs and the production of new agents is becoming increasingly important as pharmaceutical companies endeavour to show proof of no penalty for the introduction of a racemic new drug over one or other of its single stereoisomers. (C) 2003 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
作者
我是这篇论文的作者
点击您的名字以认领此论文并将其添加到您的个人资料中。
推荐
暂无数据