oligoamide

English

Etymology

From oligo- +‎ amide.

Noun

oligoamide (plural oligoamides)

1. (organic chemistry) Any compound that has several amide groups
   • 2015 June 26, Marta Pelay-Gimeno et al., “Structure-Based Design of Inhibitors of Protein–Protein Interactions: Mimicking Peptide Binding Epitopes”, in Angewandte Chemie (International Ed. in English)‎^[1], volume 54, →DOI:

     The evaluation of oligoamide scaffolds combining different ratios of pyridine and phenyl rings evidenced that the molecules with a higher percentage of phenyl rings disrupt the BAK–BCL-xL complex more efficiently, probably because of their increased hydrophobicity and flexibility.