Now, the research team has developed a reaction to produce
an important class of compounds in pure left - or right - handed form.
Rapamycin belongs to a medically and agriculturally
important class of compounds called Polyketides.
Not exact matches
«Pyrethroids are an extremely
important class of insecticidal
compounds with major public health and agricultural uses,» Rex Runyon, a vice president at CropLife America, a trade group that represents pesticide companies, said in an email.
«In the 1990s, there was a lot
of excitement about a
class of compounds that inhibit one
of the enzymes that puts lipids on Ras proteins,» Gorfe said, «and lipidation is
important for membrane binding
of the protein.
Moreover, indoles represent an
important class of bioactive
compounds whose properties are well documented.