Design, Synthesis, and In Vitro Kinetics Study of Atenolol Prodrugs for the Use in Aqueous Formulations

R Karaman, A Qtait, KK Dajani… - The Scientific World …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Based on DFT, MP2, and the density functional from Truhlar group (hybrid GGA: MPW1k)
calculations for an acid‐catalyzed hydrolysis of nine Kirby's N‐alkylmaleamic acids and two …

Computer-assisted design for atenolol prodrugs for the use in aqueous formulations

R Karaman, K Dajani, H Hallak - Journal of molecular modeling, 2012 - Springer
Based on stability studies on the drugs atenolol and propranolol and some of their
derivatives it is believed that increasing the lipophilicity of the drug will lead to an increase in …

Computational‐Aided Design for Dopamine Prodrugs Based on Novel Chemical Approach

R Karaman - Chemical biology & drug design, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
The goal of this project was to design novel dopamine prodrugs for the treatment of
Parkinson's disease that can improve the overall biopharmaceutical profile of the current …

Design, synthesis and in vitro kinetic study of tranexamic acid prodrugs for the treatment of bleeding conditions

R Karaman, H Ghareeb, KK Dajani, L Scrano… - Journal of computer …, 2013 - Springer
Based on density functional theory (DFT) calculations for the acid-catalyzed hydrolysis of
several maleamic acid amide derivatives four tranexamic acid prodrugs were designed. The …

An in‐vitro and in‐vivo correlative approach to the evaluation of ester prodrugs to improve oral delivery of propranolol

M Shameem, T Imai, M Otagiri - Journal of pharmacy and …, 1993 - Wiley Online Library
A series of ester prodrugs of propranolol was synthesized by incorporating substituents
(straight alkyl, branched alkyl, acyloxyalkyl and cycloalkyl) into the β‐hydroxy function of …

Prodrugs of acyclovir–a computational approach

R Karaman, KK Dajani, A Qtait… - Chemical biology & drug …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Density functional theory calculation results demonstrated that the efficiency of the acid‐
catalyzed hydrolysis of Kirby's acid amides 1–15 is strongly dependent on the substitution …

Prodrugs for masking bitter taste of antibacterial drugs—a computational approach

R Karaman - Journal of molecular modeling, 2013 - Springer
DFT calculations for the acid-catalyzed hydrolysis of several maleamic acid amide
derivatives revealed that the reaction rate-limiting step is determined on the nature of the …

Intramolecular Processes and Their Applications in Prodrugs Approaches-Experimental and Computational Studies

R Karaman, S Jumaa, H Awwadallah… - Current Organic …, 2016 - ingentaconnect.com
This review supplies the reader with a detailed overview on the utilization of intramolecular
processes for a design and synthesis of prodrugs. It is well known that a respected number …

Prodrugs of aza nucleosides based on proton transfer reaction

R Karaman - Journal of computer-aided molecular design, 2010 - Springer
DFT calculation results for intramolecular proton transfer reactions in Kirby's enzyme models
1–7 reveal that the reaction rate is quite responsive to geometric disposition, especially to …

The future of prodrugs–design by quantum mechanics methods

R Karaman, B Fattash, A Qtait - Expert opinion on drug delivery, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: The revolution in computational chemistry greatly impacted the drug design
and delivery fields, in general, and recently the utilization of the prodrug approach in …