Prodrug Therapies for Infectious and Neurodegenerative Diseases

• Main Authors: Milica Markovic (Author), Suyash Deodhar (Author), Jatin Machhi (Author), Pravin Yeapuri (Author), Maamoon Saleh (Author), Benson J. Edagwa (Author), Rodney Lee Mosley (Author), Howard E. Gendelman (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2022-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Prodrugs are bioreversible drug derivatives which are metabolized into a pharmacologically active drug following chemical or enzymatic modification. This approach is designed to overcome several obstacles that are faced by the parent drug in physiological conditions that include rapid drug metabolis...