Definition: Peptidoglycan immunoadjuvant originally isolated from bacterial cell wall fragments; also acts as pyrogen and may cause arthritis; stimulates both humoral and cellular immunity.
/biosyn permitted; DF: AMAIG
Other names Muramyl Dipeptide; Mur-NAc-L-Ala-D-isoGln; N Acetylmuramyl L Alanyl D Isoglutamine; N Acetyl Muramyl L Alanyl D Glutamic alpha Amide; Mur NAc L Ala D isoGln; Isoglutamine, Acetylmuramyl Alanyl; Dipeptide, Muramyl; Alanyl Isoglutamine, Acetylmuramyl; N-Acetylmuramyl-L-Alanyl-D-Isoglutamine; N-Acetyl-Muramyl-L-Alanyl-D-Glutamic-alpha-Amide; Acetylmuramyl Alanyl Isoglutamine
romurtide [ MDP-Lys(L18),N(alpha)-(N-acetylmuramyl-alanyl-isoglutaminyl)-N(epsilon)stearoyllysine,muroctasin,romurutide ] a synthetic muramyl dipeptide analog; stimulates chemotactic mobility, phagocytic activity & superoxide production by neutrophils in mice; used for the prophylaxis of leukocytopenia during radiation t