Type 2 diabetes (T2D), one of the most common metabolic disorders, is characterized by hyperglycaemia in the context of insulin resistance. Today it represents more than 90% of all diabetics. Liver glycogen phosphorylase is a key enzyme in glycogen metabolism catalyzing the degradation of glycogen to glucose-1-phosphate. Since glycogen in the liver serves as a source of glucose to maintain blood glucose homeostasis glycogen phosphorylase is a validated pharmaceutical target for the discovery of novel antihyperglycaemic agents (inhibitors of the enzymatic action) to combat type 2 diabetes. The discovery of new inhibitors is based on glucose, the natural inhibitor of the enzyme, which binds at the active site. The goal of the present thesis w...