Lundquist J T, Dix T A
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston 29425, USA.
Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 1999 Sep 6;9(17):2579-82. doi: 10.1016/s0960-894x(99)00420-5.
Cyclic analogues of neurotensin (NT) C-terminal fragments NT(8-13) and NT(9-13) were produced via intramolecular nucleophilic substitution of the Tyr(11) phenoxide anion on a 6-bromohexanoyl side chain substituted at position 8 or 9 and tested for NT receptor binding affinity.