Cyclo(Pro-Pro) tasted bitter.Verpacamides A-D, a sequence of C11N5 diketopiperazines relating cyclo(Pro-Pro) to cyclo(Pro-Arg), from the marine sponge Axinella vaceleti is possible biogenetic precursors of pyrrole-2-aminoimidazole alkaloids.
Cyclo(his-pro) TFA, an orally active cyclic dipeptide structurally related to tyreotropin-releasing hormone, has shown inhibitory effects on NF-κB nuclear accumulation. Additionally, it possesses the ability to cross the blood-brain barrier and impact various inflammatory and stress responses [1, 2].
Cyclo(L-Ala-L-Pro) and cyclo(L-Val-L-Pro) inhibit aflatoxin production of Aspergillus parasiticus and Aspergillus flavus in liquid medium at concentrations of several hundred uM without affecting fungal growth.