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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 1991
Filed:
Jul. 28, 1987
Applicant:
Inventors:
Maria T Matas, Madrid, ES;
Dan A Ostlind, Bound Brook, NJ (US);
Luis Punsola, Reus, ES;
Sagrario Moohales del Val, Madrid, ES;
Assignee:
Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ; C12P / ; C07D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
514250 ; 435119 ; 435933 ; 544338 ;
Abstract
Paraherquamide and dihydroparaherquamide, known compounds, are disclosed as having antiparasitic activity. The compounds are fungal metabolites isolated from the known fungus Penicillium paraherquei, and from a newly isolated strain of Penicillium charlesii. Compositions including paraherquamide and dihydroparaherquamide as the active ingredient thereof for antiparasitic uses against endo and ecto parasites are also disclosed, as well as processes for the preparation of paraherquamide from the newly isolated fungus.