Fransen, Peter (Date of defense: 2013-12-05)
Dendrimers are a class of globular highly branched macromolecules with precise architecture. They consist of a multivalent surface with functional group, a core unit where branching starts, and the ...
Subirós Funosas, Ramon (Date of defense: 2011-07-21)
Els pèptids són biopolímers naturals amb una importància cabdal en el cos humà, actuant com a neurotransmissors, endorfines o hormones. Recentment, s’han descobert propietats molt interessants de pèptids ...
Fernández-Llamazares Onrubia, Ana Iris (Date of defense: 2013-12-09)
Backbone N-methylation is becoming an increasingly important tool in peptide drug design, and has been widely used to optimize the activity and selectivity of peptide ligands as a result of conformational ...
Miret Casals, Laia (Date of defense: 2014-05-23)
CHAPTER 1: Respiratory Infectious Diseases (RID) are diseases affecting the air passages, the bronchi and the lungs. They range from acute infections, such as pneumonia and bronchitis, to chronic ...
Postma, Tobias Maria (Date of defense: 2014-03-21)
Cysteine (Cys) is a unique amino acid due to its ability to form reversible covalent disulfide bonds. These bonds cause conformational constraints which make peptides or proteins more rigid and stable. ...
Bayó Puxan, Núria (Date of defense: 2006-10-05)
Els productes naturals són de gran importància en els sistemes de prevenció i de cura de les dolences i malalties de l'ésser humà. Així, un 50% dels fàrmacs actuals estan basats en productes naturals i ...
Zamudio Vázquez, Rubí (Date of defense: 2014-02-14)
Triostins are members of the quinoxaline antibiotic family, together with the "prototypical bisintercalator" echinomycin. These molecules display interesting antitumour activities as they inhibit ...
Pelay Gimeno, Marta (Date of defense: 2013-02-15)
Pipecolidepsin A is a cyclodepsipeptide produced by a Homophymia marine sponge that has shown interesting anticancer properties against several human cancer cell lines. From a structural point of view, ...
Góngora Benítez, Miriam (Date of defense: 2013-02-08)
Synthesis of Cys-containing peptides has long been posed as an attractive challenge for peptide chemist. Protecting groups for the nucleophilic beta-thiol group of Cys residues must be stable during ...
Lamariano Merketegi, Janire (Date of defense: 2015-03-16)
El presente trabajo está centrado en la síntesis enantioselectiva de la cadena polihidroxílica presente en los productos marinos oscillariolida y formidolidas. Estas moléculas se pueden dividir en tres ...