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Prodrug Design: Enhancing Drug Efficacy by Nuwaira Baloch is a document available to read on EtoBox.

This document discusses prodrugs, which are chemically modified versions of active drug molecules. Prodrugs are designed to improve undesirable properties like solubility, stability, toxicity and taste while still delivering the active drug molecule. They undergo biotransformation in the body to release the pharmacologically active parent drug. The objectives of prodrug design are to improve pharmaceutical/pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic properties. Prodrugs are classified based on their structure and site

Author

Nuwaira Baloch

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EN