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Umesh Desai

Principal Investigator

Virginia Commonwealth University

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3 years ago

Drug design and discovery of anticancer, anticoagulant ag

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We design non-saccharide mimetics of glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) that play key role in multiple biological processes including growth/differentiation, hemostasis, inflammation, etc. Our molecules are computationally designed, synthetic and highly selective.

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Virginia Commonwealth University

Sulfated cinnamic acid oligomers as UV radiation shields for skin protection

Novel sulfated 4-hydroxycinnamic acid oligomers with demonstrated antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and free radical scavenging properties are proposed as topical agents to protect skin from UV radiation-induced oxidative ...

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Umesh Desai

Principal Investigator

Virginia Commonwealth University

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Virginia Commonwealth University

Principal Investigator

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Oncology & cancer therapeuticsPharmaceuticals and drug delivery

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BiomimeticsMedicinal Chemistry

Last updated Dec 2023