Medicament for prevention and remedy of diseases of the pancreas and others
AssigneeMitsui Toatsu Chemicals, Inc.
InventorsToshikazu Yamanouchi, Akira Awaya, Hisashi Kobayashi, Yusaku Ishizuka, Hayao Abe
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Abstract
A medicament for prevention and remedy of diseases of pancreas and others is disclosed, which is characterized by containing as an effective ingredient thereof a nonapeptide having the following amino acid configuration: pGlu-Ala-Lys-Ser-Gln-Gly-Gly-Ser-Asn or an ester and amide at the carboxyl group of the C-terminal of the asparagine or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof.
Claims6
A method of treating diabetes consisting essentially of administering to a patient having same an effective amount of a nonapeptide consisting essentially of amino acids in the L form and having the following configuration:
- pGlu-Ala-Lys-Ser-Gln-Gly-Gly-Ser-Asn
- or an ester and amide at the carboxyl group of the C-terminal of the asparagine, or a pharmacologically acceptable ammonium salt thereof or a salt with an organic base.
A method of treating acute pancreatitis comprising administering to a patient having same an effective amount of a nonapeptide composed of amino acids in that L form and having the following configuration:
- pGlu-Ala-Lys-Ser-Gln-Gly-Gly-Ser-Asn
- or an ester and amide at the carboxyl group of the C-terminal of the asparagine, or a pharmacologically acceptable alkali metal, alkaline earth metal salt thereof or a salt with an organic base.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.