title: Carbohydrate drugs: current status and development prospect.
abstract: In recent years, there has been a great effort devoted to the investigation of the roles of carbohydrates in various essential biological processes and the development of carbohydrates to therapeutic drugs. This review summarizes the carbohydrate drugs which have been recorded in several pharmacopoeias, marketed, and under development. A prospect of the future development of carbohydrate drugs is discussed as well.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology of Natural Products (Ministry of Education), Institute of Biochemical and Biotechnological Drug, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Shandong University.
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Fengshan
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D002241:Carbohydrates / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D016503:Drug Delivery Systems; D055808:Drug Discovery; D006801:Humans; D009844:Oligosaccharides / Q000138:chemical synthesis; D010602:Pharmacopoeias as Topic; D014612:Vaccines / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D002241:Carbohydrates; D009844:Oligosaccharides; D014612:Vaccines