Ciba-geigy Corporation

Klaus Muller

Jean-Pierre Ledouble

Peter Traxler

Hans Rink

Wilhelm Kump

Robert Roland Burk

Peter Clopath

Peptides of formula I ##STR1## in which R is hydrogen or acetyl and X is an amino acid sequence of formula -Ser-Leu-Asp-Ser-Pro-Arg-Ser- (Ia) or of formula -Arg-Ile-Ile-Ala-Gln- (Ib), and salts of such compounds, can be used for the treatment of diseases involving bone degeneration.

Flanking peptides of calcitonin and processes for their manufacture

Diacyl derivatives of 4-(trialkylbenzyl)-piperazinyl compounds

A novel method of diagnosis of atherosclerosis comprises comparing the migration of endothelial cells or of cells of endothelium-like morphology in vitro, in the presence of serum from the person being examined, with the migration of identical cells in the presence of serum from healthy persons or of other standard sera, and interpreting a reduced migration in the presence of serum of the person being examined as being an indication of the possible existance of atherosclerosis in this person. The cell migration is measured for example on monolayer cell cultures of pig aorta endothelial cells or of Balb/c 3T3-A31 cells, in which cultures a portion of the cellular layer has been removed. An outfit for carrying out the method contains the materials and devices necessary for the purpose.

Diagnosis of atherosclerosis

A process for the production of bis-[0-(1-alkylthioethylimino)-N-methylcarbamyl]-N,N'-sulfides of the formula ##STR1## wherein R is a straight-chain or branched alkyl group of 1 to 5 carbon atoms, by reaction of a 0-(1-alkylthioethylimino)-N-methylcarbamate of the formula ##STR2## in the presence of a base, with sulfur dichloride or sulfur monochloride, in a solvent having a dielectric constant of 2.0 and a dipole moment of 0 to 1, is described. The bis-[0-(1-alkylthioethylimino)-N-methylcarbamyl]-N,N'-sulfides of the above formula possess insecticidal properties and are suitable in particular for controlling pests of cotton plants and bluebottles.

Process for the production of

A process for the production of bis-[O-(1-alkylthioethylimino)-N-methylcarbamyl]-N,N-sulfides of the formula I ##STR1## wherein R is a straight-chain or branched alkyl group of 1 to 5 carbon atoms, by reacting a O-(1-alkylthioethylimino)-N-methylcarbamate of the formula ##STR2## wherein R is as defined above, in the presence of a base, with sulfur dichloride or sulfur monochloride in an inert solvent, which process comprises carrying out said reaction in the presence of 0.01 to 0.5 mole of a compound selected from the group consisting of N,N-dialkylformamides, each containing 1 to 4 carbon atoms in the alkyl moieties, N-methylpyrrolidone, dimethyl sulfoxide, phosphoric acid tris-N,N-dimethylamide and tetramethyl urea, per mole of O-(1-alkylthioethylimino)-N-methylcarbamate of the formula II. The bis-[O-(1-alkylthioethylimino)-N-methylcarbamyl]-N,N'-sulfides of the above formula possess insecticidal properties and are suitable in particular for controlling pests of cotton plants and bluebottles.

Growing community of inventors

Ettingen, Switzerland

Klaus Muller