Patent ID: 7833986

Claim:
A method of inhibiting an inflammatory reaction in a mammal comprising administering to the mammal an effective amount of a peptide of the formula: X 1 -X 2 -X 3 wherein X 1 is selected from the group consisting of 2-amino-hexanoic acid; 2-amino-heptanoic acid; 2-amino-octanoic acid; and cyclohexyl-substituted 2-amino-ethanoic acid, 2-amino-propanoic acid or 2-amino-butanoic acid; X 2 is an acidic amino acid; and X 3 is an aliphatic amino acid, wherein the C-terminal peptide of the peptide, X 3 , is optionally amidated and the amide of the N-terminal amino acid of the peptide, X 1 , is optionally lower alkyl-substituted.