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Pharmacological studies of a series of dermorphin related pentapeptides
Arzneimittel-Forschung
|January 1, 1984
Abstract:
Pharmacological activity in vitro and in vivo of 17 pentapeptide analogs of dermorphin (opioid heptapeptide) are reported. Substitutions of the Tyr5 residue afford dermorphin related pentapeptides which are likely to discriminate between mu- and delta-receptors.
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