Patent ID: 7094760

Claim:
A method for treating an inflammatory reaction in a mammal comprising administering to the mammal a peptide of the formula: X 1 —R 1 —X 2 —R 2 wherein X 1 is an aromatic amino acid residue; X 2 is any amino acid residue; and R 1 is NH 2 —or an amino acid sequence X 3 —X 4 —X 5 wherein X 3 is an aliphatic amino acid residue having a side chain hydroxyl group and X 4 and X 5 are the same or different and are any amino acid residue and wherein R 2 is a sequence of 1 to 3 amino acid residues which are the same or different and are aliphatic amino acid residues, or a fragment or derivative of said peptide of the formula R 1 —X 1 —X 2 —R 2 effective to treat an inflammatory reaction.