Title: designed multiple ligands
Long Title: IUPAC Gold Book - designed multiple ligands
DOI: 10.1351/goldbook.12641
Status: current

Definition
Compounds conceived and synthesised to act on two or more molecular targets.

Related Term
- molecular targets: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/12684

Source
- PAC, 2013, 85, 1725. 'Glossary of terms used in medicinal chemistry. Part II (IUPAC Recommendations 2013)' on page 1732 (https://doi.org/10.1351/PAC-REC-12-11-23)

Other Outputs
- html: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/12641/html
- json: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/12641/json
- xml: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/12641/xml

Citation: Citation: 'designed multiple ligands' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351/goldbook.12641
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