Publications by authors named "Ravi Rapolu"

Forced degradation of losartan potassium in acidic condition resulted into three potential unknown impurities. These unknown degradation products marked as LD-I, LD-II and LD-III were analyzed using a new reverse-phase high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), eluting at 3.63, 3.

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Forced degradation of Ebastine (1-(4-(1,1-dimethylethyl)phenyl)-4-(4-(diphenylmethoxy) piperidin-1-yl)butan-1-one) drug substance in ultraviolet light condition resulted into an unknown significant degradation product. This degradation product was analyzed using a newly developed reverse-phase HPLC, where it was eluted at 2.73 relative retention time to Ebastine peak.

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Forced degradation of Amlodipine Besylate (AMD) in acidic condition gave rise to a potential unknown impurity. This unknown acid degradation product (ADP) was evaluated using a new-reverse-phase high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), where it was eluted at 1.24 relative retention time to AMD peak.

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C-linked carbo-β(2)-amino acids (β(2)-Caa), a new class of β-amino acid with a carbohydrate side chain having d-xylo configuration, were prepared from d-glucose. The main idea behind the design of the new β-amino acids was to move the steric strain of the bulky carbohydrate side chain from the Cβ- to the Cα-carbon atom and to explore its influence on the folding propensities in peptides with alternating (R)- and (S)-β(2)-Caas. The tetra- and hexapeptides derived were studied employing NMR (in CDCl(3)), CD, and molecular dynamics simulations.

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The design and synthesis of beta-peptides from new C-linked carbo-beta-amino acids (beta-Caa) presented here, provides an opportunity to understand the impact of carbohydrate side chains on the formation and stability of helical structures. The beta-amino acids, Boc-(S)-beta-Caa((g))-OMe 1 and Boc-(R)-beta-Caa((g))-OMe 2, having a D-galactopyranoside side chain were prepared from D-galactose. Similarly, the homo C-linked carbo-beta-amino acids (beta-hCaa); Boc-(S)-beta-hCaa((x))-OMe 3 and Boc-(R)-beta-hCaa((x))-OMe 4, were prepared from D-glucose.

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New C-linked carbo-beta-amino acids (beta-Caas), Cbz-(S)-beta-Caa-(NHBoc)-OMe (1) and Cbz-(R)-beta-Caa-(NHBoc)-OMe (2), with an additional amine group (methylamino group of NHBoc) at the C-1 position of the lyxofuranoside side chain and Boc-(S)-beta-Caa-(diFP)-OMe (3) and Boc-(R)-beta-Caa-(diFP)-OMe (4), with a C-difluorophenyl (diFP) moiety at the anomeric position of the lyxofuranoside side chain were prepared from D-mannose. Beta-peptides [tetra- and hexapeptides] were synthesized from these beta-Caas, 'epimeric' [at the amine stereocentre (C(beta))], using the concept of 'alternating chirality' to carry out their conformational studies [NMR (CDCl(3)), CD and MD]. In the monomer design, it was envisaged that the presence of an additional amine group in 1 or 2 would help in solubilizing the peptides in water, while, the C-difluorophenyl (diFP) moiety of 3 and 4 is expected to enhance the biological activity.

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Sugar amino acid based 24-membered macrocyclic C2-symmetric cationic peptides were designed and synthesized. The cationic group was introduced in the sugar amino acids. The conformation of these cyclic compounds was ascertained through NMR techniques, which proved they were amphipathic in nature.

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A mannose-derived furanoid sugar amino acid (Maa) induced helical turns in peptides having repeat units of Maa(Bn(2))-Phe-Leu, which aggregated into head-to-tail duplexes in the longer oligomers.

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