Lipase Assisted (<em>S</em>)-Ketoprofen Resolution from Commercially Available Racemic Mixture

• Main Authors: Daniela Estrada-Valenzuela (Author), Víctor H. Ramos-Sánchez (Author), Gerardo Zaragoza-Galán (Author), Jose C. Espinoza-Hicks (Author), Alejandro Bugarin (Author), David Chávez-Flores (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2021-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Ketoprofen is a commercially available drug sold as a racemic mixture that belongs to the family of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs known as profens. It has been demonstrated (in vitro) that (<i>S</i>)-ketoprofen is around 160 times more potent than its enantiomer (<i>R</i...