申请人:Merck & Co., Inc.
公开号:US05663171A1
公开(公告)日:1997-09-02
The present invention is directed to certain compounds of the general structural formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1, R.sub.1a, R.sub.2a, R.sub.3, R.sub.3a, R.sub.4, R.sub.5, R.sub.6, A, W, and n are as defined herein. These compounds 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 compounds as the active ingredient thereof are also disclosed.
本发明涉及一些具有通用结构式的化合物:##STR1## 其中R.sub.1,R.sub.1a,R.sub.2a,R.sub.3,R.sub.3a,R.sub.4,R.sub.5,R.sub.6,A,W和n的定义如本文所述。这些化合物促进人类和动物的生长激素释放。这种特性可用于促进食用动物的生长,使可食用肉制品的生产更加高效,并且在人类中,可用于治疗生长激素分泌不足所表现出的生理或医学状况,例如生长激素缺乏的儿童的矮小症,以及治疗通过生长激素的合成作用得到改善的医学状况。还公开了含有这些化合物作为活性成分的生长激素释放组合物。