thymopentin
A synthetic pentapeptide which is the active site of the naturally occurring hormone thymopoietin with immunomodulating properties. Thymopentin enhances the production of thymic T cells and may help restore immunocompetence in immunosuppressed subjects. This agent also augments the effects of ionizing radiation by arresting cancer cells in the G2/M phase of the cell cycle.
| US brand name: | Immunox |
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| Foreign brand name: | Mepentil Sintomodulina Timunox |
| Chemical structure: | N-(N-(N-(N(2)-L-Arginyl-L-Lysyl)-L-alpha-Aspartyl)-L-Valyl)-L-tyrosine |
| IND number: | 39678 |
| NSC code: | 645363 |