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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2009
Filed:
Feb. 02, 2005
Masato Nagaoka, Tokyo, JP;
Hideyuki Shibata, Tokyo, JP;
Itsuko Takagi, Tokyo, JP;
Shusuke Hashimoto, Tokyo, JP;
Masato Nagaoka, Tokyo, JP;
Hideyuki Shibata, Tokyo, JP;
Itsuko Takagi, Tokyo, JP;
Shusuke Hashimoto, Tokyo, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Yakult Honsha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An antibacterial agent showing a high affinity forand having an antibacterial effect specific toThe agent has a chemical structure wherein an antibacterial substance is bonded to a sulfated polysaccharide or an oligosaccharide prepared by partial decomposition of the sulfated polysaccharide. Preferable embodiments are those having the chemical structure represented by Y—OCH(AHNHR)or Y—BHNHR, wherein Y represents a sulfated polysaccharide or an oligosaccharide prepared by partial decomposition of the sulfated polysaccharide; A a carbon derived from aldehyde group occurring through the reduction of the reduced end sugar of Y and subsequent oxidation of the resulting product with an oxidant; B a carbon derived from the aldehyde group at the reduced end sugar of Y; R an antibacterial substance with a primary amino group or with an amino group introduced therein or represents an antibacterial substance derivative prepared by bonding an antibacterial substance through a spacer to the carbon A or the carbon B; and n=1 or 2.