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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. 06, 1994
Filed:
Jan. 16, 1992
Applicant:
Inventor:
Massimo Porro, Siena, IT;
Assignee:
Biosynth S.r.l., Siena, IT;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ; A61K / ; C07K / ; C07K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
530328 ; 530317 ; 530327 ; 530329 ; 530330 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides novel peptides of the formula R.sub.1 -(A-B-C).sub.n -R, where R.sub.1 and R are independently H or an amino acid residue or a fatty acid residue; A is an amino acid residue selected from the group consisting of Lys, Arg, and His; B is an amino acid selected from the group consisting of Phe, Tyr, and Trp; C is an amino acid selected from the group consisting of Leu, Ile and Val; n is an integer of 1-100. The peptides are used inter alia for the prevention and/or treatment of septic shock, for the detection of endotoxin and the preparation of antigenic complexes of Lipid A.