Patent ID: 8765689

Claim:
A peptide compound of the following general formula (I): R 1 -(AA) n -X 1 —X 2 -Arg-Glu-Met-Asn-Trp-X 3 -(AA) p -R 2 where X 1 is a leucine, alanine, or absent, X 2 is a lysine, proline, or absent, X 3 is a leucine, aspartic acid, tyrosine, phenylalanine, or absent, AA is any amino acid, and n and p are integers between 0 and 2, R 1 is the N-terminal amino acid's primary amine function, whether unsubstituted or substituted with group of the acyl type having a C 1 to C 30 alkyl chain, whether saturated or unsaturated, which is selected from an acetyl group or an aromatic group, where the latter is selected from a group of the benzoyl, tosyl, or benzyloxycarbonyl type, R 2 is the hydroxyl group of the C-terminal amino acid's carboxyl function, substituted with a group that is selected from a C 1 to C 30 alkyl chain, or a NH 2 , NHY or NYY group, where Y is a C 1 to C 4 alkyl chain, said sequence of general formula (I) consisting of 5 to 12 amino acid residues.