Exploring Carbohydrates for Therapeutics: A Review on Future Directions

Carbohydrates are important components of foods and essential biomolecules performing various biological functions in living systems. A variety of biological activities besides providing fuel have been explored and reported for carbohydrates. Some carbohydrates have been approved for the treatment o...

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Autores principales: Jie Wang, Yukun Zhang, Qi Lu, Dongming Xing, Renshuai Zhang
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Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/a040d3c2fce74abe8ba41d0feca6fdad
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Sumario:Carbohydrates are important components of foods and essential biomolecules performing various biological functions in living systems. A variety of biological activities besides providing fuel have been explored and reported for carbohydrates. Some carbohydrates have been approved for the treatment of various diseases; however, carbohydrate-containing drugs represent only a small portion of all of the drugs on the market. This review summarizes several potential development directions of carbohydrate-containing therapeutics, with the hope of promoting the application of carbohydrates in drug development.