Abstract
A conjugate between the cyclic peptide CNGRC and doxorubcin,
previously reported as a ligand of aminopeptidase N (CD13), has
been synthesised and characterised.
Key words
solid-phase synthesis - CNGRC - peptides - doxorubicin - angiogenesis - macrocycles
- anti-tumour agents
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DIPEA, N,N -diisopropylethylamine; Fmoc,
9-fluorenylmethoxycarbonyl; HOBt, 1-hydroxybenzotriazole; Pbf, 2,2,4,6,7-pentamethyldihydrobenzofuran-5-sulfonyl;
PyBOP, benzotriazole-1-yloxytrispyrrolidinophosphonium hexafluorophosphate.
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