Angelica Franchini

Mrs. Angelica Franchini

University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Puglia, Italy

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Academic Career Length

5Years (2022-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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27 October 2022 in Applied Sciences
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Jessica CeramellaJessica Ceramella
Jessica Ceramella
Domenico IacopettaDomenico Iacopetta
Domenico Iacopetta
AFAngelica Franchini
Angelica Franchini
Michele De LucaMichele De Luca
Michele De Luca
Carmela SaturninoCarmela Saturnino
Carmela Saturnino
ACAlessia Catalano
Alessia Catalano
Chirality plays an important role in the development of many pharmaceuticals, being a general property of ‘handedness’; nevertheless, a large number of pharmaceuticals are still marketed and administered as racemates. Chirality is all around and even within us; indeed, receptors and enzymes are chiral entities and interact in a specific manner with chiral drugs. Consequently, controlling enantiomeric purity and isolating the enantiomers from chiral drugs remains a crucial subject for analytical, clinical, and regulatory purposes, thus, improving the drug safety profile. The classical examples of spontaneous enantiomerization and severe toxicity related to chirality are represented by ibuprofen and thalidomide, respectively, but numerous other cases have been reported in the literature. This review intends to offer a brief overview on the most common chiral drugs used in therapy for the treatment of various diseases.