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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:
Jun. 28, 1994
Filed:
Jun. 14, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Michael E Selsted, Irvine, CA (US);
James S Cullor, Woodland, CA (US);
Assignee:
Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ; A61K / ; C07K / ; C07K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
514 14 ; 514 12 ; 530324 ; 530327 ;
Abstract
The invention provides a broad spectrum antimicrobial compound that includes a tryptophan-rich peptide exhibiting antimicrobial activity. A method of microbicidal inhibition or microbistatic inhibition of microbial growth is also provided. The method includes administering to an environment capable of sustaining microbial growth a microbicidally or microbistatically effective amount of a tryptophan-rich peptide exhibiting antimicrobial activity.