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Octapeptides

US4178284A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 11, 1978
Grant dateDec 11, 1979
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Expiry dateDec 11, 1998

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S930/28
  • WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Octapeptide derivatives of Met- and Leu-enkephalin C-terminally modified by addition of L-Lys-Gly-L-Glu-OH or L-Lys-Gly-L-Gln-OH release endogenous growth hormone without analgesia or side effects elicited by the enkephalins or morphine.

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