CASEIN DERIVED PROTEASE INHIBITORY PEPTIDES

摘要

The present invention relates to compounds, peptides, peptidomimetics and pharmaceutical compositions that inhibit protease activity and the use of these compounds, peptides, peptidomimetics and pharmaceutical compositions to treat or prevent a condition. In particular the condition may be periodontal disease. The compounds, peptides and peptidomimetics may be derived from various caseins, for example a-casein, ß-casein and ?-casein. The protease activity which the compounds, peptides, peptidomimetics and pharmaceutical compositions of the invention inhibit includes that of the gingipains.