(D-Phe5,Cys6,11,N-Me-D-Trp8)-Somatostatin-14 (5-12) amide, a synthetic somatostatin analogue, is selective for human somatostatin receptor subtype 5 (hsst5) and has similar binding affinity to somatostatin-28, with Kd?SEM values of 1200, 23.5?3.92, 11.05?1.03, >1000 and 0.61?0.36 nM for hsst1, hsst2, hsst3, hsst4 and hsst5, respectively.