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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2015
Filed:
May. 20, 2014
Biopep Solutions, Inc., Richmond, CA;
Abbas Mohammad Ghawi, Selangor, MY;
Ahmed Merzouk, Richmond, CA;
Abdualrahman Abdualkader, Pahang, MY;
Mohamed Alaama, Pahang, MY;
Biopep Solutions, Inc., Richmond, BC, CA;
Abstract
Methods are provided for isolating and using a whole-saliva leech extract. The methods can include feeding a phagostimulatory agent to a leech; inducing a regurgitation in the leech, the inducing including placing the leech in an environment having a temperature of less than about 0° C.; and, collecting an unrefined, whole saliva in the regurgitation of the cooled leech. The methods can include revitalizing the leech by warming it at a temperature ranging from about 5° C. to about 40° C. Stable, lyophilized, whole-saliva extracts of a leech are also provided, the extract having a stable activity when stored for use at a temperature below about −20° C., the extract maintaining at least 70% of the activity for at least 6 months. The extracts can be used to treat solid tumors, treat liquid tumors, treat diabetes, treat a viral disease, treat a parasitic disease, treat an antibacterial disease, or serve as an anti-oxidant.