Bakshi Raman K, Hong Qingmei, Olson J T, Ye Zhixiong, Sebhat Iyassue K, Weinberg David H, MacNeil Tanya, Kalyani Rubana N, Tang Rui, Martin William J, Strack Alison, McGowan Erin, Tamvakopoulos Constantin, Miller Randy R, Stearns Ralph A, Tang Wei, Maclntyre D Euan, van der Ploeg Lex H T, Patchett Arthur A, Nargund Ravi P
Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Merck Research Laboratories, Rahway, NJ 07065-0900, USA.
Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 2005 Jul 15;15(14):3430-3. doi: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2005.05.012.
The discovery of 1-amino-1,2,3,4-tetrahydronaphthalene-2-carboxylic acid analogs as potent human melanocortin-4 selective agonists is described.