2022

Sitsanidis, E. D.; Kasapidou, P. M.; Hiscock, J. R.; Gubala, V.; Castel, H.; Popoola, P. I. A.; Hall, A. J.; Edwards, A. A.

Herein, we introduce the first diphenylalanine dipeptide hydrogelator capped with the cinnamoyl functional group (Cin-L-F-L-F). We evaluate the effects of the cinnamoyl moiety on molecular self-assembly events and resultant physical properties of the hydrogel formed. In addition, we report our preliminary results of this dipeptide's cytotoxicity against glioblastoma (GBM) cancer cells.