Peptide chemistry and drug design / edited by Ben M. Dunn.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"This book details many of the problems and successes of peptides as potential drugs"--Provided by publisher.

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Peptide therapeutics -- Methods for the peptide synthesis and analysis -- Peptide design strategies for g-protein coupled receptors (GPCRs) -- Peptide-based inhibitors of enzymes -- Discovery of peptide drugs as enzyme inhibitors and activators -- Discovery of peptide drugs from natural sources -- Modification of peptides to limit metabolism -- Delivery of peptide drugs.