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Isoquinoline compound melanocortin receptor ligands and methods of using same

US6127381A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateApr 28, 1999
Grant dateOct 3, 2000
Priority date
Expiry dateApr 28, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC40B40/00
  • WIPO fieldOrganic fine chemistry
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The invention relates to melanocortin receptor ligands and methods of using the ligands to alter or regulate the activity of a melanocortin receptor. The invention further relates to tetrahydroisoquinoline aromatic amines that function as melanocortin receptor ligands and as agents for controlling cytokine-regulated physiologic processes and pathologies, and combinatorial libraries thereof.

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