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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2007
Hajime Nakamura, Kyoto, JP;
Junji Yodoi, Kyoto, JP;
Yuma Hoshino, Kyoto, JP;
Kyoto University, Kyoto, JP;
Nippon Zoki Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A novel pharmaceutical application of an extract from a vaccine virus-inoculated and inflamed tissue and relates to a thioredoxin production promoting agent containing the extract as an active ingredient. The extract has an excellent thioredoxin production promoting action against an oxidative stress caused by a stimulus by such as a tobacco smoke extract or hydrogen peroxide and showed a significant lung cell protective effect. Therefore, the pharmaceutical of the invention containing the extract as an active ingredient is highly useful as a preventive or therapeutic agent for a chronic obstructive lung disease considered to be mainly caused by a continuous oxidative stress such as chronic smoking and the pharmaceutical with less side effects and high safety.