DIPEPTID RELATIONS WITH PHARMACEUTICAL EFFECTS AND PREPARATIONS CONTAINING THESE

摘要

PCT No. PCT/EP85/00543 Sec. 371 Date Aug. 11, 1986 Sec. 102(e) Date Aug. 11, 1986 PCT Filed Oct. 16, 1985 PCT Pub. No. WO86/02353 PCT Pub. Date Apr. 24, 1986.The compounds of formula IMAGE (I) wherein the group IMAGE represents the residue of a natural amino acid selected from the group consisting of glycine, alanine, beta-alanine, phenylalanine, isoleucine, methionine, proline, aspartic acid and arginine; R represents a hydrogen atom or a C1-C4 alkyl; and their acid-addition salts with pharmaceutically acceptable organic or inorganic acids; are useful in the preventive and curative treatment of pathologic syndromes due to the lowering of glutathione (GSH) levels.