The invention provides novel compounds having the general formula (I) ##STR00001##
wherein R.sup.2, R.sup.3, R.sup.4, R.sup.5, R.sup.6, R.sup.7, R.sup.3, R.sup.8, R.sup.10, R.sup.11 and R.sup.23 are as described herein, compositions including the compounds and methods of using the compounds.

Disclosed are conjugates including a recognition element covalently bonded to or linked through a linker to a payload. The payload is a pharmaceutical agent (e.g., an antineoplastic agent, anti-infective agent, or anti-inflammatory agent) or a diagnostic agent. Also disclosed are methods of using the conjugates.

In an embodiment of the invention, a composition for treating a cell population comprises a medicant. The medicant moiety can be an illudofulvene analog. In an embodiment of the invention, a composition for treating a cell population comprises an Affinity Medicant Conjugate (AMC). The affinity moiety can be an antibody, an antibody fragment, a receptor protein, a peptidic growth factor, an anti-angiogenic protein, a specific binding peptide, protease cleavable peptide, a glycopeptide, a peptide, a peptidic toxin, a protein toxin and an oligonucleotide. The affinity moiety can be covalently bound to the medicant via a linker.

Disclosed are crystalline forms of L-Lys(Boc)-Phe-NH.sub.2 and Boc-D-Arg-DMT.

Prodrugs of an NMDA antagonist, (S)-1-phenyl-2-(pyridin-2-yl)ethanamine, useful for the treatment of depression (particularly major depressive disorder) or pain; compositions comprising them, and methods of making them.

The disclosure provides compositions and methods relating to aromatic-cationic peptides. The methods comprise administering to the subject an effective amount of an aromatic-cationic peptide to subjects in need thereof. For example, the peptides may be administered to subjects in need of a mitochondrial-targeted antioxidant.

The invention concerns agents with antibacterial activity, their production and use in the treatment of bacterial infections in animals, including man. The agents are derivatives of vancomycin-type antibiotics, of structure XW-L-V, wherein X is hydrogen, acetyl or a lipophilic membrane-insertive element, W is a basic peptide or basic amino acid; L is a linking group and V is a glycopeptide moiety which inhibits peptidoglycan biosynthesis in bacteria.

Disclosed are methods of making elamipretide (MTP-131), a peptide compound with therapeutic potential for treating various mitochondrial myopathies. The synthesis of the peptide can be achieved via the use of N-carboxyanhydride-modified amino acid residues, which increases the efficiency of the synthetic process and the purity of the peptide product generated.

The presently disclosed subject matter relates to peptides and flavor compositions that include at least one, two, three, four, five or more peptide compounds, and screening methods for identifying the same. The flavor compositions can be used to enhance or modify the taste and/or flavor of various edible compositions such as human food products and pet food products.

The disclosure provides methods of preventing, ameliorating or treating disruption of mitochondrial function and symptoms thereof. The methods provide administering aromatic-cationic peptides in effective amounts to prevent, treat or ameliorate the disruption of mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation in a cell such as that found in a subject suffering from, or predisposed to a mitochondrial disease or disorder. In some embodiments, the methods comprise administering to a subject suffering from, or at risk for a mitochondrial disease or disorder, an effective amount of an aromatic-cationic peptide to subjects in need thereof.