Patent ID: 7417024

Claim:
Compounds of the general formula is the group D Pro- L Pro; Z is a chain of n α-amino acid residues, n being the integer 7 or 11, the positions of said amino acid residues in said chain being counted starting from the N-terminal amino acid; and either —n is 7; and the amino acid residues in positions 1-7 are: —P1: Thr; P2: Lys; P3: Ser; P4: Ile; P5: Pro; P6: Pro; P7: Ile; or —P1: Thr; P2: Lys; P3: Ala; P4: Ile; P5: Pro; P6: Pro; P7: Ile; or —P1: Thr; P2: Lys; P3: Ser; P4: Ile; P5: Pro; P6: Ala; P7: Ile; or —P1: Thr; P2: Lys; P3: Ser; P4: Ile; P5: Pro; P6: Pro; P7: Ala; or —n is 11: and the amino acid residues in positions 1-11 are: —P1: Arg; P2: Cys; P3: Thr; P4: Lys; P5: Ser; P6: Ile; P7: Pro; P8: Pro; P9: Ile; P10: Cys; P11: Phe; the two Cys residues forming a disulfide bridge; and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof.