title: Development of calixarenes, cyclodextrins and fullerenes as new platforms for anti-HIV drug design: an overview.
abstract: The research and development of calixarenes, cyclodextrins and fullerenes, which constitute the major classes of supramolecular organic host compounds, have been quite rapidly developing, increasingly active and newly rising highlight interdisciplinary fields. Numerous efforts have been directed toward such molecules as new platforms for anti- HIV drug design. This work briefly reviewed the recent development of calixarenes, cyclodextrins and fullerenes as new chemical entities of distinct anti-HIV activities. It is hoped that this review will serve as a stimulant for new thoughts in the quest for rational designs of more active and less toxic biological molecules as anti-HIV drugs.
authors.affiliation: College of Chemical Engineering, AnHui University of Science & Technology, Huainan 232001, P.R. China. luozi139@163.com
authors.forename: Zaigang
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Luo
authors.forename: Xuemei
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Xiaomei
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Liming
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Hu
mesh_terms: D019380:Anti-HIV Agents / Q000737:chemistry*; D047250:Calixarenes / Q000737:chemistry*; D003505:Cyclodextrins / Q000737:chemistry*; D015195:Drug Design; D037741:Fullerenes / Q000737:chemistry*; D006801:Humans
chemical_list: D019380:Anti-HIV Agents; D003505:Cyclodextrins; D037741:Fullerenes; D047250:Calixarenes