Patent ID: 6037324
Filing Date: 2000-03-14
Classification: A61K,A61P,C07K

Abstract:
A compound represented by the following structural formula:R.sup.1 -Asp-Thr-R.sup.2wherein:R.sup.1 is R.sup.3 --CO--;R.sup.2 is --NR.sup.4 R.sup.5 ;R.sup.3 is selected from the group consisting of a lower alkyl group, a substituted lower alkyl group, an aryl group, a substituted aryl group, a heteroaryl group and a substituted heteroaryl group, wherein the substituted lower alkyl, substituted aryl or substituted heteroaryl group of R.sup.3 is subsituted with one or more substituents selected from the group consisting of: C1-C2 alkoxy, ketone, aldehyde, lower alkyl ester, aryl, substituted aryl, heteroaryl, substituted heteroaryl, benzyl, lower alkyl, halogen, cyano and nitro;R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 are each independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, a lower alkyl group, a substituted lower alkyl group, an aryl group, a substituted aryl group, a heteroaryl group and a substituted heteroaryl group, wherein:1) R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 are not both --H; and2) taken together, R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 can form a heterocyclic ring; andthe compound has no more than two amino acids.