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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 1998
Filed:
Nov. 08, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Frank Conrad, Frankfurt, DE;
Hermann-August Henrich, Wurzburg, DE;
Wolfgang Geise, Dipbach, DE;
Heinz Ulrich, Niedernberg, DE;
Assignee:
ASTA Medica Aktiengesellschaft, Dresden, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435-2 ; 604-4 ;
Abstract
A method of improving the properties of liquid stored or cryogenically stored erythrocytes using D,L-.alpha.-lipoic acid and/or enantiomers or derivatives thereof. Treatment with these substances results in improved oxygen release capacity (2,3-DPG), viscoelasticity and erythrocyte aggregability, and increased resistance to membrane peroxidation during storage and damage by the freeze/thaw process.