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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 1998
Filed:
Jun. 01, 1995
Hidehiko Furukawa, Tokyo, JP;
Kenji Momota, Tokyo, JP;
Hitoshi Hotoda, Tokyo, JP;
Makoto Koizumi, Tokyo, JP;
Masakatsu Kaneko, Tokyo, JP;
Sankyo Company, Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A composition and method of treatment or prophylaxis of a viral infection in a mammal, such as a human, are provided. The compounds in the composition and which are administered in the method, are oligodeoxyribonucleic acid derivatives of the formula (1): ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1, R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 are hydrogen atoms, alkyl groups, aryl groups, and anthraquinonyl groups; Z is carbon or silicon; or R.sub.2, R.sub.3 and Z together represent fluorenyl or xanthenyl; R.sub.4 is a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group or an aryl group; Y.sub.1, Y.sub.3 and Y.sub.4 are oxygen, sulfur or >NH; Y.sub.2 is oxygen, sulfur, >NH, alkylene or phenylene; X is an alkylene group; m and n are each 0 to 10; and B is an oligodeoxyribonucleotide of a chain length of 3 to 9, or salts thereof.