申请人:Merck & Co., Inc.
公开号:US06211174B1
公开(公告)日:2001-04-03
The present invention is directed to certain naphtho-fused lactams of the general structural formula:
wherein and R1, R1a, R1b, R2a, R2b, R3a, R4, R5, R6, A, L, X, n, p and w 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.
本发明涉及一些具有一般结构式的萘螺合并内酰胺:其中R1、R1a、R1b、R2a、R2b、R3a、R4、R5、R6、A、L、X、n、p和w的定义如本文所述。这些化合物促进人类和动物体内生长激素的释放。这种性质可以用来促进食用动物的生长,使可食用肉制品的生产更加高效,在人类中,可用于治疗生长激素分泌不足所特征的生理或医学状况,例如生长激素缺乏儿童的矮小身材,以及治疗通过生长激素的合成效果改善的医学状况。