Novel orally active growth hormone secretagogues

Journal of Medicinal Chemistry

Volumn 41, Issue 19, 1998, Pages 3705-3714

  Hansen, Thomas K ^a   Ankersen, Michael ^a   Hansen, Birgit S ^a   Raun, Kirsten ^a   Nielsen, Karin K ^a   Lau, Jesper ^a   Peschke, Bernd ^a   Lundt, Behrend F ^a   Thøgersen, Henning ^a   Johansen, Nils L ^a   Madsen, Kjeld ^a   Andersen, Peter H ^a  

^a NOVO NORDISK A S   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3 (AMINOMETHYL)BENZOIC ACID N METHYL DEXTRO (2 NAPHTHYL)ALANYL N METHYL DEXTRO PHENYLALANINOL; 3 (AMINOMETHYL)BENZOYL DEXTRO (2 NAPHTHYL)ALANYL N METHYL DEXTRO PHENYLALANYLLYSYLAMIDE; 3 AMINO 3 METHYL N [2,3,4,5 TETRAHYDRO 2 OXO 1 [[2' (1H TETRAZOL 5 YL) 1,1' BIPHENYL 4 YL]METHYL] 1H 1 BENZAZEPIN 3 YL]BUTANAMIDE; 5 AMINO 5 METHYLHEX 2 ENOIC ACID [1 [[2 (4 FLUOROPHENYL) 1 (METHYLCARBAMOYL)ETHYL]METHYLCARBAMOYL] 2 (2 NAPHTHYL)ETHYL]METHYLAMIDE; 5 AMINO 5 METHYLHEX 2 ENOIC ACID N [[(2 HYDROXYPROPYLCARBAMOYL) 2 PHENYLETHYL]METHYLCARBAMOYL] 2 (2 NAPHTHYL)ETHYL N METHYLAMIDE; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASING FACTOR DERIVATIVE; IBUTAMOREN; IPAMORELIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG SYNTHESIS; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HYPOPHYSIS; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; SWINE;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; DOGS; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE; HORMONES; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR MIMICRY; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PITUITARY GLAND; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; SWINE;

EID: 15644365787     PISSN: 00222623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jm980197u     Document Type: Article

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