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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 1992
Filed:
Jun. 04, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ruth F Nutt, East Greenville, PA (US);
Terrence M Ciccarone, Harleysville, PA (US);
Stephen F Brady, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Daniel F Veber, Ambler, PA (US);
Assignee:
Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07K / ; A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
514 11 ; 530326 ; 530327 ; 530321 ; 530317 ; 514 13 ; 514 14 ; 930D / ;
Abstract
Analogs of the 17-membered ring portion of ANF wherein the cysteine moiety is replaced with dipeptidyl moieties, specifically, Phe-Pro, NMP-Pro, Pro-Pro, Val-Pro, Lys-Pro, Ile-Pro, Arg-Pro, HAr-Pro, Dly-Pro, Arg-Pro, Lys-BAr, Arg-Pro, CyA-CyA, Cys-Cys, or with .alpha.-aminoheptanoic acid result in analogs of ANF having increased potencies and metabolic stability.