Patent ID: 8202841

Claim:
An isolated peptide consisting essentially of the sequence: XXX{K, F, Y, W, Phg, Phe(4-F), Phe(4-NO 2 ), MeTyr, β-(3-benzothienyl)-Ala, or D-Lys}{A, L, V, I, M, D-Ala, Nal-2, Abu, Aib, Nle, or Nva}S{E, Q, Nle, or Nva}K{I, L, V, Nle, or Nva}F{Y, F, Phe(4-F)}V{I, L, V, Nle, or Nva}XXX (SEQ ID NO. 151); or XXX{K, F, Y, W, Phg, Phe(4-F), Phe(4-NO2), MeTyr, β-(3-benzothienyl)-Ala, or D-Lys}{A, L, V, I, M, D-Ala, Nal-2, Abu, Aib, Nle, or Nva}S{E, Q, Nle, or Nva}K{I, L, V, Nle, or Nva}F{Y, F, Phe(4-F)}{I, Nva, MeVal, or Abu}XXX (SEQ ID NO. 152); or XXX{F, Y, W, Phg, Phe(4-F), Phe(4-NO2), MeTyr, β-(3-benzothienyl)-Ala, or D-Lys}{A, L, V, I, M, D-Ala, Nal-2, Abu, Aib, Nle, or Nva}S{E, Q, Nle, or Nva}K{I, L, V, Nle, or Nva}F{Y, F, Phe(4-F)}{V, A, I, Nva, MeVal, Abu, or V-NH2}XXX (SEQ ID NO. 153); or XXX{K, F, Y, W, Phg, Phe(4-F), Phe(4-NO2), MeTyr, β-(3-benzothienyl)-Ala, or D-Lys}{L, V, I, M, Nal-2, Abu, Aib, Nle, or Nva}S{E, Q, Nle, or Nva}K{I, L, V, Nle, or Nva}F{Y, F, Phe(4-F)}{V, A, I, Nva, MeVal, Abu, or V-NH2}XXX (SEQ ID NO. 154); or XXX{K, F, Y, W, Phg, Phe(4-F), Phe(4-NO2), MeTyr, β-(3-benzothienyl)-Ala, or D-Lys} {A, L, V, I, M, D-Ala, Nal-2, Abu, Aib, Nle, or Nva}S{Q, Nle, or Nva}K{I, L, V, Nle, or Nva}F{Y, F, Phe(4-F)}{V, A, I, Nva, MeVal, Abu, or V-NH2}XXX (SEQ ID NO. 155); or XXX{K, F, Y, W, Phg, Phe(4-F), Phe(4-NO2), MeTyr, β-(3-benzothienyl)-Ala, or D-Lys} {A, L, V, I, M, D-Ala, Nal-2, Abu, Aib, Nle, or Nva}S{E, Q, Nle, or Nva}K{L, V, Nle, or Nva}F{Y, F, Phe(4-F)}{V, A, I, Nva, MeVal, Abu, or V-NH2}XXX (SEQ ID NO. 156); or XXX{K, F, Y, W, Phg, Phe(4-F), Phe(4-NO2), MeTyr, β-(3-benzothienyl)-Ala, or D-Lys} {A, L, V, I, M, D-Ala, Nal-2, Abu, Aib, Nle, or Nva}S{E, Q, Nle, or Nva}K{I, L, V, Nle, or Nva}F{F, Phe(4-F)}{V, A, I, Nva, MeVal, Abu, or V-NH2}XXX (SEQ ID NO. 157); wherein X specifies any amino acid or no amino acid.