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Allatotropin (1) ys-Asn-Val-Glu-Met-Met-Thr-Ala-Arg-Gly-Phe-amide), al
latostatin-I (2) er-Gly-Ala-Gln-Arg-Leu-Tyr-Gly-Phe-Gly-Leu-amide), pe
nta- and heptapeptide fragments of allatostatins (I-IV) such as: Tyr-X
-Phe-Gly-Leu-amide (3-5) and Arg-Leu-Tyr-X-Phe-Gly-Leu-amide (6-8) (wh
ere X = Gly, Ala, Ser) were synthesized by solid-phase method. Their b
iological effects in respect to insect - Tenebrio molitor (in vitro an
d in vivo) and behavioural activity in rats were examined.