Highly Efficient Prodrugs: Design and Therapeutic Applications

Abstract

Prodrug is a very powerful way for the improvement of biopharmaceutical, physicochemical, or pharmacokinetic possessions of pharmacologically dynamic mediators. Prodrug is a pharmacologically not an active compound, which can be converted into an active drug by biotransformation which is metabolic and such process the efficiency of drugs gets improved with specific target delivery. The conversion of a prodrug to drug may happen before concentration, after concentration, or at a precise part of the physique. This approach has many advantages over drug administration which is in our convention. In this review, different types of carriers, which can be used for prodrug synthesis are summarized. Examples of both marketed and investigational prodrugs from several promoieties are discussed not only for their advantages and uses but also their prospects. The purpose of this review is to introduce in detail the foundation behind the use of the prodrug methodology from past to present, and at the same time, to consider the possible consequences, which may evolve from insufficient initiation of prodrugs. Furthermore, the concept of prodrug and the classifications of prodrugs will be discussed in this article and it is expected that this review will be helpful for medicinal chemists for their research in the upcoming days.