Gert Kruger
Professor
Pharmaceutical Sciences
University of Kwazulu-Natal
South Africa
Biography
Professor Gert Kruger is a senior lecturer and researcher in Organic Chemistry at the Peptide and Catalysis Research Unit at the Westville Campus, UKZN. His research interests include Health Sciences, Organic Chemistry, and Pharmaceutical Chemistry. Kruger’s research specialties include chiral synthesis; peptide synthesis; cage compounds; NMR of cage compounds; TB-cage drugs; and cage anti HIV-PR inhibitors.
Research Interest
Polycyclic cage chemistry, NMR structure elucidation and computational chemistry
Publications
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Ebenhan T, Chadwick N, Sathekge MM, Govender P, Govender T, Kruger HG, Marjanovic-Painter B, Zeevaart JR (2014) Peptide synthesis, characterization and â¶â¸Ga-radiolabeling of NOTA-conjugated ubiquicidin fragments for prospective infection imaging with PET/CT. Nucl Med Biol 41(5):390-400.
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Cherkupally P, Acosta GA, Ramesh S, De la Torre BG, Govender T, Kruger HG, Albericio F (2014) Solid-phase peptide synthesis (SPPS), C-terminal vs. side-chain anchoring: a reality or a myth. Amino Acids.46(8):1827-1838.
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Farahani MD, Honarparvar B, Albericio F, Maguire GE, Govender T, Arvidsson PI, Kruger HG (2014) Proline N-oxides: modulators of the 3D conformation of linear peptides through "NO-turns". Org Biomol Chem 12(25):4479-4490.
