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Constrained analogues 5-7 of the potent and subtype selective somatostatin
mimetic 1 were prepared by incorporating conformational constraints into th
e nine-membered heterocyclic scaffold. Each constrained peptidomimetic show
ed an altered activity profile relative to lead compound 1, with compound 7
exhibiting a 25-fold and 2-fold binding enhancement against somatostatin r
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