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cyclodextrin from which polymer chains of poly (acrylicacid)- block - poly (7 - methylacryloyloxy -4-methylcoumarin)(PAA - b - PMAMC) are grown.
Not exact matches
The main component, beta -
cyclodextrin, is a naturally occurring bio-renewable sugar molecule derived
from cornstarch.
Cyclodextrin molecules are made
from a ring of six, seven or eight hexagonal sugar units linked end to end.
D'Souza's team used an efficient reaction to make the intermediate, heptakis -2,3-epoxy-beta-
cyclodextrin,
from a known silicon - containing derivative of beta -
cyclodextrin (Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications, 1992, p 1112).
The Johns Hopkins team used a microshell made of a sugar - based polymer called
cyclodextrin to protect the 3BrPA drug molecules
from disintegrating early and to guard healthy tissue
from the drug's toxic effects, such as weight loss, hypothermia and lethal hypoglycemic shock.
Since
cyclodextrin does not cross into the brain
from the bloodstream, the drug must be in injected into the spinal column by lumbar puncture, an outpatient procedure often referred to as a spinal tap.
In addition to demonstrating that disease progression slowed with
cyclodextrin, Ory and his colleagues assessed biomarker measurements in the blood that showed evidence that the drug was removing cholesterol
from the brain.
It's a polymer made of repeated units of two different molecules linked together: a giant ring - shaped molecule called beta -
cyclodextrin that's made
from cornstarch, and a fluorine - rich molecule called decafluorobiphenyl, or DFB.
PLAQUE BE GONE A sugar called
cyclodextrin stopped cholesterol crystals (white)
from building up in the arteries of mice on a high - fat diet.
Recently, Drs. Nociari and Boulan have identified a family of cyclic sugars, called beta -
cyclodextrins (beta - CDs), that bind and reduce bisretinoid - lipofuscin levels
from cultured cells.