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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 24, 2015
Hexima Limited, Victoria, AU;
Nicole Van Der Weerden, Coburg, AU;
Marilyn Anne Anderson, Keilor, AU;
Jennifer Payne, Victoria, AU;
Hexima Limited, La Trobe University, Victoria, AU;
Abstract
Agents and formulations and cells including plant extracts are useful in a method for controlling pathogen infestation in human and animal subjects. A method for inhibiting growth or infestation of a pathogen in or on a human or animal subject, includes contacting the pathogen with an effective amount of a combination of a plant defensin or a functional natural or synthetic derivative or variant thereof and either: (i) a proteinase inhibitor; or (ii) a chemical pathogenicidic or pathogenostatic agent; in a combined amount effective to inhibit growth or infestation of the pathogen.