LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT PEPTIDOMIMETIC SECRETAGOGAS RELEASING SOMATOTROPHINE.

摘要

THE PRESENT INVENTION INCLUDES GROWTH HORMONE RELEASING PEPTIDES / PEPTIDOMIMETICS (GHRP) CAPABLE OF CAUSING THE RELEASE OF PITUITARY GROWTH HORMONE. COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING THE GHRP OF THIS INVENTION ARE USED TO PROMOTE GROWTH IN MAMMALS ALONE OR IN COMBINATION WITH OTHER GROWTH PROMOTING COMPOUNDS, ESPECIALLY IGF-1. IN A METHOD OF THIS INVENTION GHRP IN COMBINATION WITH IGH-1 IS USED TO TREAT TYPE II DIABETES. ABOVE IS PROVIDED AN EXAMPLE COMPOUND (1) OF THIS INVENTION.