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[YOLF]

So what are we actually targeting in the the glucosepane molecule? Is the cycloheptane ring that needs to be broken? Is it still a cycloheptane ring if it has a nitrogen attached to it? Wikipedia finally has a picture, so maybe we can get some visual explanations.

 

Here's a pic of our mortal (pun intended) enemy, Glucosepane:

 

Here's the precursor(Fructoselysine):

 

Glucose:

 

Lysine:

 

 

[YOLF]

Also, wasn't there someone who had synthesized a large quantity of glucosepane and was giving it out? Have we seen new perspective drug candidates come from that?

[soraya78]

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