Potent achiral agonists of the ghrelin (growth hormone secretagogue) receptor. Part I: Lead identification.

High throughput screening combined with efficient datamining and parallel synthesis led to the discovery of a novel series of indolines showing potent in vitro ghrelin receptor agonist activity and acceleration of gastric emptying in rats.

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