Anti-Inflammatory Properties of Derivatives and 'Sequence Fragments of the MCD-Peptide from Bee Venom

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Preface VII
3. Contents IX
4. I. Surveys Of Selected Topics
5. Isolation, Structure Elucidation And Synthesis Of Gastrointestinal Hormones - Critical Aspects 3
6. Amatoxins And Phallotoxins - Structure And Toxicity 23
7. Insulin, A Challenge For Peptide Chemistry 41
8. Research On Thymic Peptides And Immunocompetence 59
9. Properties Of The Membrane Modifying Polypeptide Antibiotics Alamethicin And Trichotoxin A-40 75
10. Neuropeptides: Subcellular Localization Of Acth And Related Peptides 115
11. Molecular Weight And Structure Analysis Of Oligopeptide Hormones And Peptide Conjugates By Field Desorption Mass Spectrometry 141
12. Crystal Structure Analyses Of Polypeptides 167
13. II. Isolation Of New Peptides
14. New Toxic Cyclopeptides From Amanita Virosa Mushrooms 189
15. Competitive Inhibition Of Benzodiazepine Binding By Fractions From Porcine Brain 201
16. ß - Casomorphins Exorphins Derived From Casein Peptone 211
17. Structure Of Sauvagine, A Vasoactive Peptide From The Skin Of A Frog 225
18. Herbicolins - New Peptide Antibiotics From Enterobacteria 237
19. III. Methods of Purification, Isolation and Characterization of Peptides
20. Simultaneous determination of the amino acid, amino sugar and neutral sugar content in glycoproteins 255
21. Differential evolution of the α- and β-chains of bird hemoglobins. investigations on the greylag goose (anser anser) 263
22. Purification Of Fluorescein-Labeled Chymotrypsin By Isoelectric Focusing After Biospecific Adsorption To Soybean Trypsin Inhibitor 273
23. The Ability Of Thyroliberin To Coordinate Some Transition Metal Ions 287
24. Television Densitometry Microassay Of Proteins In The Nanogram Range On Cellulose Acetate Membranes 303
25. A Method For The Determination Of Corticotropin (Acth) In Rat Plasma And Rat Pituitaries 315
26. Investigation Of Interactions Between Immobilized Lysine Residues And Oligodeoxyribonucleotides By A Column Chromatographic Procedure 325
27. IV. Peptide Syntheses
28. Totally Synthetic Thymosin-α₁ , A Lymphocytes Stimulating Polypeptide Of The Thymus 337
29. Vasopressin Analogs For Affinity Labeling - Synthesis And Activities On Bovine Kidney Plasma Membranes And Frog Skin 349
30. Synthesis Of MCD-Peptide And Apamin By Liquid Phase Fragment Condensation 363
31. Synthetic Routes To Enkephalin 373
32. 1-(1-Adamantyl)-1-Methylethoxycarbonyl (Adpoc): A New Useful Amino Protecting Group 383
33. Synthesis Of Thyroliberin Analogs With Modified Pyroglutamyl Residues 397
34. Planning Of Peptide Syntheses By The Aid Of Electronic Data-processing 417
35. Synthesis And Antigenic Properties Of A New Steroid Hapten: 7-α-Carboxyethylmercapto-5-Androstene-3ß, 17ß Diol-Bovine Serum Albumin 425
36. V. Miscellaneous and Biological Activity of Peptides
37. Degradation Of TRF And Tiff Analogues By Brain And Serum Enzymes 437
38. Steric And Electronic Structure Of The Thïrotropin-Releasing Hormone 449
39. Activity of Thyroliberin Analogs with a Modified Pyroglytamyl Residue on the Central Nervous System 461
40. Intermittent Pernasal Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Therapy in Male Patients with Delayed Puberty 483
41. Anti-Inflammatory Properties of Derivatives and 'Sequence Fragments of the MCD-Peptide from Bee Venom 497
42. The Behavior of Urinary Hydroxyproline Concentration in Healthy Subjects and in Patients with Prostatic Ciarcinoma with and without Bone Metastases 505
43. Physiological And Clinical Aspects Of Hypothalamic-Pituitaryovarian Maturation 515
44. Natural Peptide Lactones As Ion Carriers In Membranes 523
45. Different Effects Of Thymus Extracts On Human Fibroblasts And Cancer Cells In Culture 539
46. Studies With Melanostatin (Mif) And Bromoergocryptine In Patients With Amenorrhea And Hyperprolactinemia 547
47. Author Index 555
48. Subject Index 605
49. Backmatter 635