Patent ID: 8304382

Claim:
A synthetic peptide consisting of 13 amino acids, presenting the amino acid cysteine at positions 4 and 13 and the amino acid lysine at position 11 of the peptide chain numbered from the N-terminal to C-terminal position, and a disulfide bridge from cysteine residues 4 to 13 that provides a cyclic structure, wherein the peptide possesses anti-inflammatory and/or anti-allergic activity and wherein the amino acid at position 1 is valine, leucine, isoleucine or another hydrophobic and neutral amino acid; the amino acid at position 3 is arginine, glutamine or another hydrophilic and polar amino acid; the amino acid at position 5 is arginine, threonine, serine, aspartate or another hydrophilic and polar amino acid; the amino acid at position 7 is methionine, isoleucine, leucine or another hydrophilic and neutral amino acid; the amino acid at position 9 is glycine or aspartate.