Title:An Overview on Glyco-Macrocycles: Potential New Lead and their Future in Medicinal Chemistry
Volume: 27
Issue: 20
Author(s): Kartikey Singh and Rama Pati Tripathi*
Affiliation:
- Medicinal and Process Chemistry Division, CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow 226031, U.P.,India
Keywords:
Glyco-macrocycle, glycohybrids, glycoside, cyclic peptide, glycopeptide, glycomimetics, saponins.
Abstract: Macrocycles cover a small segment of molecules with a vast range of biological
activity in the chemotherapeutic world. Primarily, the natural sources derived from macrocyclic
drug candidates with a wide range of biological activities are known. Further evolutions
of the medicinal chemistry towards macrocycle-based chemotherapeutics involve the functionalization
of the natural product by hemisynthesis. More recently, macrocycles based on
carbohydrates have evolved a considerable interest among the medicinal chemists worldwide.
Carbohydrates provide an ideal scaffold to generate chiral macrocycles with well-defined
pharmacophores in a decorated fashion to achieve the desired biological activity. We have
given an overview on carbohydrate-derived macrocycle involving their synthesis in drug design
and discovery and potential role in medicinal chemistry.