USE OF ALPHA-HYDROXY CARBONYL COMPOUNDS AS REDUCING AGENTS
申请人:Knox Richard J.
公开号:US20100104515A1
公开(公告)日:2010-04-29
There is provided the use as reducing agents of alpha-hydroxycarbonyl compounds capable of forming cyclic dimers. There is also provided corresponding methods of reducing reducible compounds, particularly reduction-activated prodrugs. Examples of the alpha-hydroxycarbonyl compounds used are dihydroxyacetone, glycolaldehyde, glyceraldehyde, erythrose, xylulose, erythrulose or 3-hydroxy-2-butanone.