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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 1997
Filed:
Mar. 18, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Meir Shinitzky, Kfar Shmaryahu, IL;
Avner Shenfeld, Rehovot, IL;
Assignee:
Senyorina Ltd., Kfar Shmaryahu, IL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ; A61K / ; A61K / ; A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
514400 ; 514419 ; 514423 ; 514532 ; 514538 ; 514547 ; 514549 ; 514550 ; 514551 ; 514556 ; 514617 ; 514619 ; 514621 ; 514626 ; 514627 ; 514909 ;
Abstract
Obesity is treated by the administration to a subject of a compound having the general formula (I): R.sub.4 --(CH.sub.2).sub.n --CO--N(R.sub.1)--CH(R.sub.2)--CO(--R.sub.3), wherein R.sub.1 represents H or CH.sub.3 ; R.sub.2 represents a side chain of a naturally occurring amino acid; R.sub.3 represents OH, OCH.sub.2 CH.sub.3 and NH.sub.2 ; n is 6-18; and R.sub.4 represents CH.sub.3 or a group having the general formula (II): R.sub.3 --CO--CH(R.sub.2)--N(R.sub.1)--CO--, wherein R.sub.1, R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 have the above meanings. The compounds of formula (I) wherein R.sub.4 is a group of formula (II), are novel compounds.