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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 21, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 02, 2008
Shubh D. Sharma, Cranbury, NJ (US);
Yi-qun Shi, East Brunswick, NJ (US);
Ramesh Rajpurohit, Hillsboro, NJ (US);
Zhijun Wu, Plainsboro, NJ (US);
Papireddy Purma, Plainsboro, NJ (US);
Annette M. Shadiack, Somerset, NJ (US);
Kevin D. Burris, Washington Crossing, PA (US);
Shubh D. Sharma, Cranbury, NJ (US);
Yi-Qun Shi, East Brunswick, NJ (US);
Ramesh Rajpurohit, Hillsboro, NJ (US);
Zhijun Wu, Plainsboro, NJ (US);
Papireddy Purma, Plainsboro, NJ (US);
Annette M. Shadiack, Somerset, NJ (US);
Kevin D. Burris, Washington Crossing, PA (US);
Palatin Technologies, Inc., Cranbury, NJ (US);
Abstract
A melanocortin receptor-specific compound of the general formula of structure I: where X, R, R, R, R, R, R, Rand Rare as defined in the specification, which compound binds with high affinity to one or more melanocortin receptors and is optionally an agonist, an antagonist, an inverse agonist or an antagonist of an inverse agonist, and may be employed for treatment of one or melanocortin receptor-associated conditions or disorders, and methods for the use of the compounds of the invention.