Prodrugs Design Based on Inter‐and Intramolecular Chemical Processes

R Karaman - Chemical biology & drug design, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
This review provides the reader a concise overview of the majority of prodrug approaches
with the emphasis on the modern approaches to prodrug design. The chemical approach …

Targeted prodrugs in oral drug delivery: the modern molecular biopharmaceutical approach

A Dahan, M Khamis, R Agbaria… - Expert opinion on drug …, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: The molecular revolution greatly impacted the field of drug design and delivery
in general, and the utilization of the prodrug approach in particular. The increasing …

Computer-assisted design for paracetamol masking bitter taste prodrugs

H Hejaz, R Karaman, M Khamis - Journal of molecular modeling, 2012 - Springer
It is believed that the bitter taste of paracetamol, a pain killer drug, is due to its hydroxyl
group. Hence, it is expected that blocking the hydroxy group with a suitable linker could …

Prodrugs for masking bitter taste of antibacterial drugs—a computational approach

R Karaman - Journal of molecular modeling, 2013 - Springer
DFT calculations for the acid-catalyzed hydrolysis of several maleamic acid amide
derivatives revealed that the reaction rate-limiting step is determined on the nature of the …

Mechanistic implications of the ternary complex structural models for the photoenzyme protochlorophyllide oxidoreductase

A Taylor, S Zhang, LO Johannissen… - The FEBS …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The photoenzyme protochlorophyllide oxidoreductase (POR) is an important enzyme for
understanding biological H‐transfer mechanisms. It uses light to catalyse the reduction of …

The future of prodrugs–design by quantum mechanics methods

R Karaman, B Fattash, A Qtait - Expert opinion on drug delivery, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: The revolution in computational chemistry greatly impacted the drug design
and delivery fields, in general, and recently the utilization of the prodrug approach in …

Computational‐Aided Design for Dopamine Prodrugs Based on Novel Chemical Approach

R Karaman - Chemical biology & drug design, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
The goal of this project was to design novel dopamine prodrugs for the treatment of
Parkinson's disease that can improve the overall biopharmaceutical profile of the current …

Prodrugs of acyclovir–a computational approach

R Karaman, KK Dajani, A Qtait… - Chemical biology & drug …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Density functional theory calculation results demonstrated that the efficiency of the acid‐
catalyzed hydrolysis of Kirby's acid amides 1–15 is strongly dependent on the substitution …

Prodrugs of aza nucleosides based on proton transfer reaction

R Karaman - Journal of computer-aided molecular design, 2010 - Springer
DFT calculation results for intramolecular proton transfer reactions in Kirby's enzyme models
1–7 reveal that the reaction rate is quite responsive to geometric disposition, especially to …

Analyzing the efficiency in intramolecular amide hydrolysis of Kirby's N-alkylmaleamic acids–A computational approach

R Karaman - Computational and Theoretical Chemistry, 2011 - Elsevier
A mechanistic study using DFT calculation methods at B3LYP/6-31G (d, p), B3LYP/311+ G
(d, p) levels and hybrid GGA (MPW1k) on an intramolecular acid catalyzed hydrolysis of …