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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2002
Filed:
May. 22, 2000
Yutaka Kariya, Yokohama, JP;
Ryo Takano, Kyoto, JP;
Kaeko Kamei, Kyoto, JP;
Saburo Hara, Takatsuki, JP;
Junichi Onaya, Higashimurayama, JP;
Yusuke Hori, Tokyo, JP;
Seikagaku Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
There is provided a glycosaminoglycan having a backbone structure comprising a repetitive disaccharide bearing a uronic acid residue and a glucosamine residue, and having sulfate groups, wherein substantially no sulfate group bound to the hydroxyl group at the 6-position of the glucosamine residue in the backbone structure is detected as determined by a chemical disaccharide analysis method in which the glycosaminoglycan is decomposed with nitrous acid, reacted with para-nitrophenylhydrazine and analyzed by high performance liquid chromatography, and the molar % of a uronic acid residue having a sulfate group at the 2-position is not less than 45% relative to total uronic acid residues, which is calculated from a disaccharide composition obtained by an enzymatic disaccharide analysis method in which the glycosaminoglycan is digested with glycosaminoglycan-degrading enzymes and analyzed by high performance liquid chromatography. The glycosaminoglycan can be used as an active ingredient of pharmaceuticals.