Abstract
The peptide [15,16-D-lysine, 17,18-D-arginine]-adrenocorticotropin-(1–19) and an all-D-retropeptide related to the amino terminal octadecapeptide of adrenocorticotropin have been synthesized by the solid-phase method. The nonadecapeptide was shown to possess 10–15% of the steroidogenic activity and 3% of the lipolytic activity of adrenocorticotropin-(1–19). The all-D-retropeptide showed no activity and exhibited no inhibitory activity in steroidogenesis and lipolysis.

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