Abstract
To examine pharmacological properties of D-Arg 2-dermorphin tetrapeptides, six tetrapeptide analogs based on the following formulas, H-Tyr-D-Arg-Phe-Gly-OX (X = H, ethyl, n-propyl), H-Tyr-D-Arg-Phe-Sar-OX (Sar = sarcosine; X = H, methyl, ethyl), were prepared. All these analogs exhibited highly potent and long-lasting analgesia as compared with that of morphine after subcutaneous administration in mice. Among analogs tested, H-Tyr-D-Arg-Phe-Sar-OH showed the highest activities, which were 21, 30 and 58 times more active than morphine in the tail pressure, tail flick and phenylbenzoquinone writhing tests, respectively, on a molar basis.
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