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  2. Modeling directed design and biological evaluation of quinazolinones as non-peptidic growth hormone secretagogues

Modeling directed design and biological evaluation of quinazolinones as non-peptidic growth hormone secretagogues

  • Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 2000 Jan 3;10(1):5-8. doi: 10.1016/s0960-894x(99)00584-3.
Z Ye 1 Y Gao R K Bakshi M H Chen S P Rohrer S D Feighner S S Pong A D Howard A Blake E T Birzin L Locco R M Parmar W W Chan J M Schaeffer R G Smith A A Patchett R P Nargund
Affiliations

Affiliation

  • 1 Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Merck Research Laboratories, Rahway, NJ 07065, USA.
Abstract

Quinazolinone derivatives were synthesized and evaluated as non-peptidic growth hormone secretagogues. Modeling guided design of quinazolinone compound 21 led to a potency enhancement of greater than 200-fold compared to human growth hormone secretagogue affinity of a screening lead 4.

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