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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2003
Filed:
Jun. 19, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Werner Baschong, Basel, CH;
Dietmar Hüglin, Eimeldingen, DE;
Peter Fankhauser, Ettingen, CH;
Gerd Heinemann, Schliengen, DE;
Assignee:
Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corporation, Tarrytown, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01N 4/304 ; A61K 7/16 ; A61K 7/28 ; A61K 7/18 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01N 4/304 ; A61K 7/16 ; A61K 7/28 ; A61K 7/18 ;
Abstract
A description is given of the use of polyanionic and polyanionically-derivatised natural polysaccharides or non-derivatised natural polysaccharides for inhibiting alkaline phosphatase and of oral compositions for preventing bacterial plaque, which comprises (a) 0 to 10% by weight of at least one linear molecularly dehydrated polyphosphate salt, and (b) 0.0001 to 5% by weight of a polyanionic or polyanionically-derivatised natural polysaccharide.