Inventors:
Michael Rosenblatt - Ardmore PA
Lynn H. Caporale - Lansdale PA
Ruth F. Nutt - Green Lane PA
Jay J. Levy - Paoli PA
Michael Chorev - Jerusalem, IL
Assignee:
Merck & Co., Inc. - Rahway NJ
International Classification:
C07K 710
Abstract:
The present invention relates to the use of peptide hormone analogues as inhibitors of their respective naturally occurring peptide hormone and methods of synthesis of such analogues. The structure of the peptide hormone analogues is exemplified by parathyroid hormone wherein Trp. sup. 23 is substituted by L-Phe or other hydrophobic amino acids such as Leu, Nle, Val, Tyr, beta-napthylalanine and alpha-napthylalanine.