Heterocyclic aromatic compounds useful as growth hormone secretagogues

Novel heterocyclic aromatic compounds are provided that are useful in stimulating endogenous production or release of growth hormone, said compounds having the general structure of formula I wherein R 1 , R 1 ', R 2 , R 3 , R 4 , Xa, Y, Z and n are as described herein. The compounds provided he...

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Hauptverfasser: Ewing, William R, Tino, Joseph A, Li, James J, Yu, Guixue, Sulsky, Richard B, Li, Jun
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Zusammenfassung:Novel heterocyclic aromatic compounds are provided that are useful in stimulating endogenous production or release of growth hormone, said compounds having the general structure of formula I wherein R 1 , R 1 ', R 2 , R 3 , R 4 , Xa, Y, Z and n are as described herein. The compounds provided herein are useful in treating obesity, osteoporosis (improving bone density) and in improving muscle mass and muscle strength.