Patent ID: 7435790

Claim:
An isolated S-(2,3-Dihydroxypropyl)-cysteine (Dhc) peptide having no more than two fatty acids, which fatty acids may be identical or different, bonded in the form of esters to the dihydroxypropyl group, the peptide having the following amino acid sequence (SEQ ID No. 1): DhcGN NDE SNI SFK EK (SEQ ID No. 1) 2 5 10 with an exception selected from the following group: (i) that the N-terminal amino acids in positions 2 (G=glycine) and, optionally 3 (N=aspargaine), are absent; (ii) that the N-terminal amino acids in position 2 (G=glycine) and, optionally 3 (N=asparagine), are absent and one or two C-terminal amino acids are absent; or (iii) that one or two C-terminal amino acids are absent.