We’ve compiled lists of the five most-read chemistry articles that appeared in each biological chemistry ACS Publications journal in June 2017, including research, reviews, perspectives and editorial pieces.
What were chemists reading in June of 2017? To find out, we’ve compiled lists of the five most-read chemistry articles that appeared in each biological chemistry ACS Publications journal in June 2017, including research, reviews, perspectives and editorial pieces. These lists were not chosen by the journals’ editors. The lists also don’t take other factors, such as citations, into account. This article should not be taken as a “best of” compilation, but rather as an interesting perspective on where the chemistry community allocated their attention recently. Don’t see your favorite paper on the list? Include it in the comments below.
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ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering
Surface Analysis of Nanocomplexes by X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS)
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ACS Biomater. Sci. Eng., 2017, 3 (6), pp 882–889
DOI: 10.1021/acsbiomaterials.7b00040
3D-Printed High Strength Bioactive Supramolecular Polymer/Clay Nanocomposite Hydrogel Scaffold for Bone Regeneration
ACS Biomater. Sci. Eng., 2017, 3 (6), pp 1109–1118
DOI: 10.1021/acsbiomaterials.7b00224
Protein Corona around Gold Nanorods as a Drug Carrier for Multimodal Cancer Therapy
ACS Biomater. Sci. Eng., 2017, 3 (6), pp 1039–1050
DOI: 10.1021/acsbiomaterials.7b00231
Intestine-on-a-Chip Microfluidic Model for Efficient in Vitro Screening of Oral Chemotherapeutic Uptake
ACS Biomater. Sci. Eng., 2017, 3 (6), pp 951–959
DOI: 10.1021/acsbiomaterials.7b00023
Inkjet Printing-Based Patchable Multilayered Biomolecule-Containing Nanofilms for Biomedical Applications
ACS Biomater. Sci. Eng., 2017, 3 (6), pp 870–874
DOI: 10.1021/acsbiomaterials.7b00138
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ACS Catalysis
Visible Light-Mediated Direct Decarboxylative C–H Functionalization of Heteroarenes
ACS Catal., 2017, 7 (6), pp 4057–4061
DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.7b01133
Nest-like NiCoP for Highly Efficient Overall Water Splitting
ACS Catal., 2017, 7 (6), pp 4131–4137
DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.7b00662
Ultrathin Nitrogen-Doped Carbon Coated with CoP for Efficient Hydrogen Evolution
ACS Catal., 2017, 7 (6), pp 3824–3831
DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.7b00587
Nickel-Catalyzed C(sp2)–H/C(sp3)–H Oxidative Coupling of Indoles with Toluene Derivatives
ACS Catal., 2017, 7 (6), pp 4202–4208
DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.7b01044
Yin and Yang Dual Characters of CuOx Clusters for C–C Bond Oxidation Driven by Visible Light
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ACS Catal., 2017, 7 (6), pp 3850–3859
DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.7b00629
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ACS Chemical Biology
NHS-Esters As Versatile Reactivity-Based Probes for Mapping Proteome-Wide Ligandable Hotspots
ACS Chem. Biol., 2017, 12 (6), pp 1478–1483
DOI: 10.1021/acschembio.7b00125
A Chemical-Genetic Approach to Generate Selective Covalent Inhibitors of Protein Kinases
ACS Chem. Biol., 2017, 12 (6), pp 1499–1503
DOI: 10.1021/acschembio.6b01083
Profiling Cellular Substrates of Lysine Acetyltransferases GCN5 and p300 with Orthogonal Labeling and Click Chemistry
ACS Chem. Biol., 2017, 12 (6), pp 1547–1555
DOI: 10.1021/acschembio.7b00114
A Macrocyclic Peptide Ligand Binds the Oncogenic MicroRNA-21 Precursor and Suppresses Dicer Processing
ACS Chem. Biol., 2017, 12 (6), pp 1611–1620
DOI: 10.1021/acschembio.7b00180
The Root Growth-Regulating Brevicompanine Natural Products Modulate the Plant Circadian Clock
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ACS Chem. Biol., 2017, 12 (6), pp 1466–1471
DOI: 10.1021/acschembio.6b00978
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ACS Chemical Neuroscience
Classics in Chemical Neuroscience: Ketamine
ACS Chem. Neurosci., 2017, 8 (6), pp 1122–1134
DOI: 10.1021/acschemneuro.7b00074
Differentiating Physicochemical Properties between Addictive and Nonaddictive ADHD Drugs Revealed by Molecular Dynamics Simulation Studies
ACS Chem. Neurosci., 2017, 8 (6), pp 1416–1428
DOI: 10.1021/acschemneuro.7b00173
Reflections on 2016 and Projecting Forward
ACS Chem. Neurosci., 2017, 8 (6), pp 1117–1117
DOI: 10.1021/acschemneuro.7b00146
Emerging Insights for Better Delivery of Chemicals and Stem Cells to the Brain
ACS Chem. Neurosci., 2017, 8 (6), pp 1119–1121
DOI: 10.1021/acschemneuro.7b00106
Classics in Chemical Neuroscience: Aripiprazole
ACS Chem. Neurosci., 2017, 8 (6), pp 1135–1146
DOI: 10.1021/acschemneuro.7b00087
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ACS Infectious Diseases
Discovery of a Novel Nitric Oxide Binding Protein and Nitric-Oxide-Responsive Signaling Pathway in Pseudomonas aeruginosa
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ACS Infect. Dis., 2017, 3 (6), pp 454–461
DOI: 10.1021/acsinfecdis.7b00027
A Phenotypic Based Target Screening Approach Delivers New Antitubercular CTP Synthetase Inhibitors
ACS Infect. Dis., 2017, 3 (6), pp 428–437
DOI: 10.1021/acsinfecdis.7b00006
Truncated Autoinducing Peptide Conjugates Selectively Recognize and Kill Staphylococcus aureus
ACS Infect. Dis., 2017, 3 (6), pp 406–410
DOI: 10.1021/acsinfecdis.7b00013
Diamide Inhibitors of the Bacillus subtilis N-Acetylglucosaminidase LytG That Exhibit Antibacterial Activity
ACS Infect. Dis., 2017, 3 (6), pp 421–427
DOI: 10.1021/acsinfecdis.7b00005
Cell Cycle-Dependent Kinase Cdk9 Is a Postexposure Drug Target against Human Adenoviruses
ACS Infect. Dis., 2017, 3 (6), pp 398–405
DOI: 10.1021/acsinfecdis.7b00009
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ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters
Practical High-Throughput Experimentation for Chemists
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ACS Med. Chem. Lett., 2017, 8 (6), pp 601–607
DOI: 10.1021/acsmedchemlett.7b00165
Where Are Drugs Invented, and Why Does It Matter?
ACS Med. Chem. Lett., 2017, 8 (6), pp 589–591
DOI: 10.1021/acsmedchemlett.7b00185
Discovery of Potent and Selective Tricyclic Inhibitors of Bruton’s Tyrosine Kinase with Improved Druglike Properties
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ACS Med. Chem. Lett., 2017, 8 (6), pp 608–613
DOI: 10.1021/acsmedchemlett.7b00103
Janus-Associated Kinase 1 (JAK1) Inhibitors as Potential Treatment for Immune Disorders
ACS Med. Chem. Lett., 2017, 8 (6), pp 598–600
DOI: 10.1021/acsmedchemlett.7b00209
Inhibitors of DNA Gyrase-GyrB Subunit and/or Topoisomerase IV-ParE Subunit May Treat Infectious Diseases Caused by Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria
ACS Med. Chem. Lett., 2017, 8 (6), pp 592–594
DOI: 10.1021/acsmedchemlett.7b00207
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ACS Synthetic Biology
Extracellular Self-Assembly of Functional and Tunable Protein Conjugates from Bacillus subtilis
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ACS Synth. Biol., 2017, 6 (6), pp 957–967
DOI: 10.1021/acssynbio.6b00292
Quantitative Analysis of Synthetic Cell Lineage Tracing Using Nuclease Barcoding
ACS Synth. Biol., 2017, 6 (6), pp 936–942
DOI: 10.1021/acssynbio.6b00309
Inducible Control of mRNA Transport Using Reprogrammable RNA-Binding Proteins
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ACS Synth. Biol., 2017, 6 (6), pp 950–956
DOI: 10.1021/acssynbio.7b00025
Introducing Our Authors
ACS Synth. Biol., 2017, 6 (6), pp 915–920
DOI: 10.1021/acssynbio.7b00181
The Impact of DNA Topology and Guide Length on Target Selection by a Cytosine-Specific Cas9
ACS Synth. Biol., 2017, 6 (6), pp 1103–1113
DOI: 10.1021/acssynbio.7b00050
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Biochemistry
Conformational Heterogeneity and DNA Recognition by the Morphogen Bicoid
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Biochemistry, 2017, 56 (22), pp 2787–2793
DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.7b00255
Yes, Biochemistry Now Publishes Communications and Something New—From the Bench
Biochemistry, 2017, 56 (23), pp 2863–2864
DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.7b00474
Metamorphic Proteins: Emergence of Dual Protein Folds from One Primary Sequence
Biochemistry, 2017, 56 (24), pp 2971–2984
DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.7b00375
Expanding the Scope of Electrophiles Capable of Targeting K-Ras Oncogenes
Biochemistry, 2017, 56 (25), pp 3178–3183
DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.7b00271
Structure–Energy Relationships of Halogen Bonds in Proteins
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Biochemistry, 2017, 56 (22), pp 2794–2802
DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.7b00022
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Bioconjugate Chemistry
Gold Nanoparticle Size and Shape Effects on Cellular Uptake and Intracellular Distribution of siRNA Nanoconstructs
Bioconjugate Chem., 2017, 28 (6), pp 1791–1800
DOI: 10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.7b00252
Ruthenium Promoted On-DNA Ring-Closing Metathesis and Cross-Metathesis
Bioconjugate Chem., 2017, 28 (6), pp 1625–1629
DOI: 10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.7b00292
Bioorthogonal Protein Conjugation: Application to the Development of a Highly Sensitive Bioluminescent Immunoassay for the Detection of Interferon-γ
Bioconjugate Chem., 2017, 28 (6), pp 1749–1757
DOI: 10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.7b00220
Tunable Semiconducting Polymer Nanoparticles with INDT-Based Conjugated Polymers for Photoacoustic Molecular Imaging
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Bioconjugate Chem., 2017, 28 (6), pp 1734–1740
DOI: 10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.7b00185
Europium-Labeled Synthetic C3a Protein as a Novel Fluorescent Probe for Human Complement C3a Receptor
Bioconjugate Chem., 2017, 28 (6), pp 1669–1676
DOI: 10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.7b00132
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Biomacromolecules
Polymer Brush-Functionalized Chitosan Hydrogels as Antifouling Implant Coatings
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Biomacromolecules, 2017, 18 (6), pp 1983–1992
DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.7b00516
Synthesis and Characterization of Micelle-Forming PEG-Poly(Amino Acid) Copolymers with Iron-Hydroxamate Cross-Linkable Blocks for Encapsulation and Release of Hydrophobic Drugs
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Biomacromolecules, 2017, 18 (6), pp 1874–1884
DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.7b00317
Alginate Beads Containing Lactase: Stability and Microstructure
Biomacromolecules, 2017, 18 (6), pp 1785–1792
DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.7b00202
Hyaluronan-Inorganic Nanohybrid Materials for Biomedical Applications
Biomacromolecules, 2017, 18 (6), pp 1677–1696
DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.7b00424
Correction to Multifunctional Enzymatically Generated Hydrogels for Chronic Wound Application
Biomacromolecules, 2017, 18 (6), pp 2012–2012
DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.7b00681
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Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
Control of Maillard Reactions in Foods: Strategies and Chemical Mechanisms
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J. Agric. Food Chem., 2017, 65 (23), pp 4537–4552
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.7b00882
Novel trans-Ferulic Acid Derivatives Containing a Chalcone Moiety as Potential Activator for Plant Resistance Induction
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J. Agric. Food Chem., 2017, 65 (22), pp 4367–4377
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.7b00958
Characterization of Aroma-Active Compounds in Italian Tomatoes with Emphasis on New Odorants
J. Agric. Food Chem., 2017, 65 (25), pp 5198–5208
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.7b01108
Higher Antioxidant Activity, Total Flavonols, and Specific Quercetin Glucosides in Two Different Onion (Allium cepa L.) Varieties Grown under Organic Production: Results from a 6-Year Field Study
J. Agric. Food Chem., 2017, 65 (25), pp 5122–5132
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.7b01352
Pesticide Interactions: Mechanisms, Benefits, and Risks
J. Agric. Food Chem., 2017, 65 (23), pp 4553–4561
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.7b01813
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Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation
Real Cost of Speed: The Effect of a Time-Saving Multiple-Time-Stepping Algorithm on the Accuracy of Molecular Dynamics Simulations
J. Chem. Theory Comput., 2017, 13 (6), pp 2367–2372
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.7b00178
Revisiting Hydrogen Bond Thermodynamics in Molecular Simulations
J. Chem. Theory Comput., 2017, 13 (6), pp 2851–2857
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.7b00238
Neural Network and Nearest Neighbor Algorithms for Enhancing Sampling of Molecular Dynamics
J. Chem. Theory Comput., 2017, 13 (6), pp 2489–2500
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.7b00188
The Rosetta All-Atom Energy Function for Macromolecular Modeling and Design
J. Chem. Theory Comput., 2017, 13 (6), pp 3031–3048
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.7b00125
Local Descriptors of Dynamic and Nondynamic Correlation
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J. Chem. Theory Comput., 2017, 13 (6), pp 2705–2711
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.7b00293
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Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
Multitargeted Imidazoles: Potential Therapeutic Leads for Alzheimer’s and Other Neurodegenerative Diseases
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J. Med. Chem., 2017, 60 (12), pp 5120–5145
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.7b00475
Design and Discovery of N-(2-Methyl-5′-morpholino-6′-((tetrahydro-2H-pyran-4-yl)oxy)-[3,3′-bipyridin]-5-yl)-3-(trifluoromethyl)benzamide (RAF709): A Potent, Selective, and Efficacious RAF Inhibitor Targeting RAS Mutant Cancers
J. Med. Chem., 2017, 60 (12), pp 4869–4881
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.6b01862
Drug Annotation
J. Med. Chem., 2017, 60 (11), pp 4559–4572
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.7b00408
Hot-Spotting with Thermal Scanning: A Ligand- and Structure-Independent Assessment of Target Ligandability
J. Med. Chem., 2017, 60 (12), pp 4923–4931
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.7b00208
Repurposing Suzuki Coupling Reagents as a Directed Fragment Library Targeting Serine Hydrolases and Related Enzymes
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J. Med. Chem., 2017, 60 (12), pp 5209–5215
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.6b01224
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Journal of Natural Products
Terpenoids from Euphorbia soongarica and Their Multidrug Resistance Reversal Activity
J. Nat. Prod., 2017, 80 (6), pp 1767–1775
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.6b01099
The First Enantioselective Total Synthesis of (−)-trans-Dihydronarciclasine
J. Nat. Prod., 2017, 80 (6), pp 1909–1917
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.7b00208
Potent Inhibitor of Drug-Resistant HIV-1 Strains Identified from the Medicinal Plant Justicia gendarussa
J. Nat. Prod., 2017, 80 (6), pp 1798–1807
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.7b00004
Biosynthesis of Fluorinated Peptaibols Using a Site-Directed Building Block Incorporation Approach
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J. Nat. Prod., 2017, 80 (6), pp 1883–1892
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.7b00189
Anti-inflammatory 12,20-Epoxypregnane and 11,12-seco-Pregnane Glycosides from the Stems of Hoya kerrii
J. Nat. Prod., 2017, 80 (6), pp 1714–1724
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.6b00730
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The Journal of Physical Chemistry B
Virtual Issue in Memory of David Chandler
J. Phys. Chem. B, 2017, 121 (21), pp 5309–5311
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.7b04830
Fluorescence Dynamics of a FRET Probe Designed for Crowding Studies
J. Phys. Chem. B, 2017, 121 (23), pp 5688–5698
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.7b01306
Second-Generation ReaxFF Water Force Field: Improvements in the Description of Water Density and OH-Anion Diffusion
J. Phys. Chem. B, 2017, 121 (24), pp 6021–6032
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.7b02548Reunderstanding the Fluorescent Behavior of Four-Coordinate Monoboron Complexes Containing Monoanionic Bidentate Ligands
J. Phys. Chem. B, 2017, 121 (25), pp 6189–6199
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.7b02405Enhanced Sampling of Phase Transitions in Coarse-Grained Lipid Bilayers
J. Phys. Chem. B, 2017, 121 (23), pp 5770–5780
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.6b11711
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The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
Novel Liposome-Based Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS) Substrate
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J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 2017, 8 (12), pp 2639–2646
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.7b00694
Intrinsic Bond Energies from a Bonds-in-Molecules Neural Network
J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 2017, 8 (12), pp 2689–2694
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.7b01072
Are Electron Affinity and Ionization Potential Intrinsic Parameters to Predict the Electron or Hole Acceptor Character of Amorphous Molecular Materials?
J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 2017, 8 (11), pp 2445–2449
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.7b00681
Reversible Concentration-Dependent Photoluminescence Quenching and Change of Emission Color in CsPbBr3 Nanowires and Nanoplatelets
J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 2017, 8 (12), pp 2725–2729
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.7b01305
Pressure-Induced Effects in Organic–Inorganic Hybrid Perovskites
J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 2017, 8 (12), pp 2613–2622
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.7b00347
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Journal of Proteome Research
Differential Protein Analysis of IPEC-J2 Cells Infected with Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea Virus Pandemic and Classical Strains Elucidates the Pathogenesis of Infection
J. Proteome Res., 2017, 16 (6), pp 2113–2120
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jproteome.6b00957
iTRAQ and RNA-Seq Analyses Provide New Insights into Regulation Mechanism of Symbiotic Germination of Dendrobium officinale Seeds (Orchidaceae)
J. Proteome Res., 2017, 16 (6), pp 2174–2187
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jproteome.6b00999
Metabolomics–Proteomics Combined Approach Identifies Differential Metabolism-Associated Molecular Events between Senescence and Apoptosis
J. Proteome Res., 2017, 16 (6), pp 2250–2261
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jproteome.7b00111
Metabolomics Study of the Effects of Inflammation, Hypoxia, and High Glucose on Isolated Human Pancreatic Islets
J. Proteome Res., 2017, 16 (6), pp 2294–2306
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jproteome.7b00160
Unbiased Protein Association Study on the Public Human Proteome Reveals Biological Connections between Co-Occurring Protein Pairs
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J. Proteome Res., 2017, 16 (6), pp 2204–2212
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jproteome.6b01066
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Molecular Pharmaceutics
Functionalized Lipid–Polymer Hybrid Nanoparticles Mediated Codelivery of Methotrexate and Aceclofenac: A Synergistic Effect in Breast Cancer with Improved Pharmacokinetics Attributes
Mol. Pharmaceutics, 2017, 14 (6), pp 1883–1897
DOI: 10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.6b01148
Development of a Biorelevant, Material-Sparing Membrane Flux Test for Rapid Screening of Bioavailability-Enhancing Drug Product Formulations
Mol. Pharmaceutics, 2017, 14 (6), pp 2032–2046
DOI: 10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.7b00121
Acid-Sensitive Sheddable PEGylated, Mannose-Modified Nanoparticles Increase the Delivery of Betamethasone to Chronic Inflammation Sites in a Mouse Model
Mol. Pharmaceutics, 2017, 14 (6), pp 1929–1937
DOI: 10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.7b00024
Superior Plasticity and Tabletability of Theophylline Monohydrate
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Mol. Pharmaceutics, 2017, 14 (6), pp 2047–2055
DOI: 10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.7b00124
Leveraging Colloidal Aggregation for Drug-Rich Nanoparticle Formulations
Mol. Pharmaceutics, 2017, 14 (6), pp 1852–1860
DOI: 10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.6b01015
