Assertion: peptide | /r/CapableOf | make attractive drug candidates
Facets:
value: due to their specificity
type: CAUSE
value: due to potency and low toxicity
type: CAUSE
Source sentences:
text: Peptides make attractive drug candidates due to their specificity, potency and low toxicity, but present particular challenges for their delivery to the site of action, due to their short half-life and susceptibility to proteolytic degradation.