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Additional Reading
An overview of peptides is found in Donald Voet and Judith G. Voet, Biochemistry, 3rd ed. (2004); and Theodor Wieland and Miklos Bodanszky, The World of Peptides (1991). Peptide synthesis is covered in Miklos Bodanszky, Principles of Peptide Synthesis, 2nd rev. ed. (1993); and N. Leo Benoiton, Chemistry of Peptide Synthesis (2006).
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Article History
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| Article title updated for style. | Nov 11, 2026 | ||
| Modified link of Web site: Harvard Health Publishing - Peptides: What they are, potential benefits, and safety concerns. | Nov 07, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Harvard Health Publishing - Peptides: What they are, potential benefits, and safety concerns. | Aug 31, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Healthline - Peptides and Your Skin Care Routine. | Apr 17, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Cleveland Clinic - Peptides for Skin Care: Are They Worth It? | Dec 24, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Peptides as Therapeutic Agents: Challenges and Opportunities in the Green Transition Era. | Sep 15, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: OpenStax - Organic Chemistry - Peptides and Proteins. | Jun 27, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Indian Academy of Sciences - One Hundred Years of Peptide Chemistry (PDF). | May 01, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Digital Commons at Kettering University - Synthesis and characterization of modified silica gel as an intermediate in the generation of gaseous standard mixtures (PDF). | May 01, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: ACS Publications - The Journal of Organic Chemistry - Peptide Chemistry. | Mar 06, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Peptides as Therapeutic Agents: Challenges and Opportunities in the Green Transition Era. | Jan 23, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Biology LibreTexts - Amino Acids and Peptides. | Nov 27, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Oregon State University - Linus Pauling Institute - Peptides and Skin Health. | Aug 27, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Nature - Therapeutic peptides: current applications and future directions. | Apr 29, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: MHCC Library Press - Peptide. | Feb 02, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Michigan State University - Department of Chemistry - Peptides and Proteins. | Dec 14, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: WebMD - What are Peptides? | Sep 21, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Frontiers - Peptide and Peptide-Dependent Motions in MHC Proteins: Immunological Implications and Biophysical Underpinnings. | Mar 07, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Chemistry LibreTexts - The Peptide Bond. | Jan 26, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Chemistry LibreTexts - Peptide Synthesis. | Oct 10, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Peptides as Therapeutic Agents: Challenges and Opportunities in the Green Transition Era. | Feb 12, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: Verywell Health - What is a Peptide? | Feb 12, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: Utrecht University - NMR group - Peptide Folding by Computer Simulation. | Oct 21, 2016 | ||
| Bibliography revised. | Jul 22, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Cleveland Clinic - Peptide Synthesis. | Mar 28, 2008 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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