There are disclosed certain novel compounds identified as spiro piperidines and homologs which promote the release of growth hormone in humans and animals. This property can be utilized to promote the growth of food animals to render the production of edible meat products more efficient, and in humans, to treat physiological or medical conditions characterized by a deficiency in growth hormone secretion, such as short stature in growth hormone deficient children, and to treat medical conditions which are improved by the anabolic effects of growth hormone. Growth hormone releasing compositions containing such spiro compounds as the active ingredient thereof are also disclosed.
本发明揭示了一些新型化合物,它们被识别为螺环
吡啶和同系物,可以促进人类和动物体内生长激素的释放。这种特性可以用于促进食用动物的生长,从而使可食用肉类产品的生产更加高效,同时也可以用于治疗生长激素分泌缺乏的生理或医学状况,如生长激素缺乏症儿童的矮小症,以及通过生长激素的合成作用改善的医学状况。本发明还揭示了含有这些
螺环化合物作为活性成分的生长激素释放组合物。