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CYCLODEXTRINS – FIELDS OF APPLICATION. PART II
Authors: Gheorghe Duca, Albert Ivancic, Veaceslav Boldescu
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This paper represents an analysis of potential and current applications of cyclodextrins as biologically
active substances in medicine. The main applications described here include use of cyclodextrins as agents that form
inclusion complexes with endogenous substances (membrane lipids, cellular cholesterol), agents that form inclusion
complexes with exogenous substances with their man role as guest molecules (sugammadex, FBCx), agents that
block endogenous and exogenous macromolecules (ion channels, anthrax toxin, α-hemolysin), and agents which
activity is based on the chemical nature of them and of their derivatives (cyclodextrin polysulphate derivatives). The
first classification for medically important biological activity of cyclodextrins has been proposed.