A naphthalene-containing amino acid enables hydrogelation of a conjugate of nucleobase-saccharide-amino acids.

ABSTRACT: Here we report the first example of a hydrogelator made of a conjugate of nucleobase-saccharide-amino acids by incorporating L-3-(2-naphthyl)-alanine to the conjugate, which illustrates a facile and effective method for generating bioactive and functional hydrogelators from the basic biological building blocks.

SUBMITTER: Wu D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3974899 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature