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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. 31, 1996
Filed:
Jul. 26, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
Massimo Porro, Siena, IT;
Assignee:
BiosYnth s.r.l., Siena, IT;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ; A61K / ; C07K / ; C07K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
514 15 ; 514-9 ; 514 11 ; 514 16 ; 514 17 ; 514 18 ; 530317 ; 530330 ; 530327 ; 530328 ; 530329 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides methods of using peptides of the formula R.sub.1 --(A--B--C).sub.n --R, wherein 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 and Arg; 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 for the removal of endotoxin from blood or sera; the detoxification of bacterial endotoxin; and the prevention of the contamination of products with endotoxin.