Gastroprotective Oligopeptides

Flavonoids with gastroprotective activity.

Peptic ulcers are a common disorder of the entire gastrointestinal tract that occurs mainly in the stomach and the proximal duodenum. This disease is multifactorial and its treatment faces great difficulties due to the limited effectiveness and severe side effects of the currently available drugs. The use of natural products for the prevention and treatment of different pathologies is continuou...

Cellulose Functionalysed with Grafted Oligopeptides

Gastroprotective strategy in aspirin users.

Inhibition of cathepsin D by synthetic oligopeptides.

A number of synthetic oligopeptides with the COOH terminus D-amino acid situated third from the potentially cleavable phenylalanyl-phenylalanyl bond, typified by < Glu-D-Phe-Pro-Phe-Phe-Val-D-Trp (Peptide VI) were shown to be potent competitive inhibitors of cathepsin D and pepsin. Peptide VI, which forms an equimolar nonproductive enzyme l inhibitor complex, inhibited the hydrolysis of methyl[...

Chemotaxis to oligopeptides by Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

A number of peptides were evaluated as chemoattractants for Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Several strains recognized tri-, tetra-, penta-, and hexapeptides in a capillary tube assay. Tripeptides altered at the carboxyl terminus were good attractants, whereas tripeptides altered at the amino terminus did not serve as chemoattractants. Methionine-containing peptides were relatively poor attractants. Ar...