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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jul 24.
Published in final edited form as: Biomaterials. 2011 Apr 22;32(22):5269–5278. doi: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2011.03.073

Table 1.

Summary of various synthesized copolymers. Category 1, copolymers based on PMLA and different substituents of amino acid derivatives. Category 2, copolymers with LLL (40%) as substituent and different polymer backbones. aP refers to PMLA backbone. bNo abbreviation will be used for polymer backbone.

Category 1 Category 2

amino acid derivatives Abbreviationa Other Polymers Abbreviationb
Val P/V poly(acrylic acid) poly(acrylic acid)/LLL
Leu P/L poly(β-L-malic acid) poly(β-L-malic acid)/LLL
Leucine ethyl ester P/LOEt poly(α-L-aspartic acid) poly(α-L-aspartic acid)/LLL
Leu- leu P/LL poly(α,β-D,L-aspartic acid) poly(α,β-D,L-aspartic acid)/LLL
Leu-Leu-Leu P/LLL poly(α-L-glutamic acid) poly(α-L-glutamic acid)/LLL
Leu-Leu-Leu-Leu P/LLLL poly(γ-L-glutamic acid) poly(γ-L-glutamic acid)/LLL
Leu-Leu-Leu-NH2 P/LLL-NH2
Leu-D-Leu-Leu P/L(D)LL
Phe-Phe-Phe P/FFF
Leu-Trp-Leu P/LWL
Trp-Trp-Trp P/WWW
Ile-Ile-Ile P/III