The invention relates to a compound that inhibits a metallo-ectopeptidase, selected in the group consisting of x-aa2-aal-z, x-aa3-aa2-aal-z, x-aa4-aa3- aa2-aal-z and x-aa5-aa4-aa3- aa2-aal-z, wherein: aal and aa4, independently from each other, represent an arginine amino acid, an histidine amino acid, an asparag...

The present invention relates to the use of silymarin, or of the main constituents thereof alone or as a mixture, chosen from silybin (or 2,3-dihydro-3-(4-hydroxy-3- methoxyphenyl)-2-(hydroxymethyl)-6-(3,5,7-trihydroxy-4-oxo- benzopyran-2-yl)benzodioxine), isosilybin, silydianin, silychristin, silandrin, silymo...