Patent ID: 6127420
Filing Date: 2000-10-03
Classification: C07C

Abstract:
L-ornithine or L-lysine derivatives having the formula ##STR7## wherein Q is H or (CH.sub.2).sub.r CH.sub.3 where r ranges from 0 to 15, x is 1 or 2, R"" is CH.sub.2 or C(H) (CH.sub.2).sub.y CH.sub.3 where y ranges from 0 to 5, R' is CH.sub.2 or C(H) (CH.sub.2).sub.z CH.sub.3 where z ranges from 0 to 5, R is H or (CH.sub.2).sub.s CH.sub.3 where s ranges from 0 to 5 with none or only one of R, R' and R"" providing an alkyl substituent on ornithine or lysine moiety, R.sup.III is OH or is an alkoxy group of 1 to 6 carbon atoms or is an amino acid or peptide attached in amide linkage through its free .alpha.-amino group, and R.sup.IV is --H or an acyl group of 1 to 6 or is an amino acid or peptide attached in amide linkage through its free .alpha.-carboxylate group; and mixtures thereof with corresponding D-isomers of the L-ornithine or L-lysine derivatives.