Cyclodextrin-based supramolecular systems of emerging guests with pharmaceutical and environmental interest

Identifier:  TDX:4019

Handle: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11797/TDX4019

Authors:  Uribe Uribe, Laura Andrea

Abstract:
The aim of the present thesis is to study and characterize the molecular interactions between cyclodextrins (CDs) or cyclodextrin-based materials with emerging guest molecules such as drugs or toxins of industrial interest. Overall, the presented thesis has contributed to expand the current knowledge on the use of CDs for pharmaceutical and environmental applications. The studies of characterization unveiled the mechanisms of CD inclusion complexes with serine protease inhibitor nafamostat mesylate and veratridine neurotoxin and constitute the first reports in the literature of CD interactions with these emerging guests. Furthermore, the synthesis and characterization of CD-NS with English different anhydride crosslinkers broadens the current state of the art on CD-based polymeric materials and represents a potential novel use of CD-NS as passive adsorbers for marine toxins.