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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Takaya Sato, Tokyo, JP;
Tutomu Uehara, Saitama, JP;
Ippei Yamaoka, Tokushima, JP;
Kozo Asagi, Tokushima, JP;
Masaru Kobayashi, Tokushima, JP;
Hideaki Kohri, Tokushima, JP;
Assignee:
Otsuka Pharmaceutical Factory, Inc., Tokushima, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01N 4/304 ; A01N 6/100 ; A61K 4/900 ; A61K 4/700 ; A61K 9/50 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01N 4/304 ; A01N 6/100 ; A61K 4/900 ; A61K 4/700 ; A61K 9/50 ;
Abstract
An sodium ion absorption inhibitor, a sodium ion excretion accelerator and an agent for preventing and treating a disease caused by excessive common salt ingestion, each of which comprising a metal salt (excluding sodium salt) of lambda-carrageenan as an active ingredient, can excrete excessively ingested common salt outside the body positively and safely, and particularly have excellent action in excreting the sodium ions into feces.