Pro-Drug Development
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: Prodrugs can provide a flexible approach to enhance the efficacy or safety profile, as well as the poor pharmaceutical and pharmacokinetic features of potential therapeutic candidates as well as, in some situations, clinically authorized drugs. As the prodrugs are inactive form of the drugs which undergoes the metabolism it gives the formation of active compounds which is responsible for the therapeutic activity of drug. Right now the prodrug has more attention in the drug discovery and development. The current article focuses on the overview study of prodrugs like the definition, classification, benefits and types of prodrug design, the various applications of the prodrug as it has vital role in the potential therapeutic activity like cardiovascular disorder, Immunomodulator, antitubercular activity, Anticancer activity, GIT problems, Ocular drug delivery, List of Prodrugs with their uses.
Author: Sheela Thorat*, Sunita Patil, Shubhangi Mali
Language: English
Subfield: Pharmaceutical Science
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W6930925181
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