Patent ID: 7026302
Filing Date: 2006-04-11
Classification: A61K

Abstract:
1. A method of treating a condition or disease mediated by an agent selected from the group consisting of a poisonous metal, an environmental toxin and calcium circulating in the blood, the disease or condition being selected from the group consisting of blood poisoning, arteriosclerosis, atherosclerosis, calcinosis, dermatomytosis, obesity, hypercholesterolima, and diabetes, the method comprising administering to a mammal in need of same an effective amount of alginate comprised of a mixture of polymannuronic acid with galactic linkages at the 1 e– 4 e -di-equatorial position and polyguluronic acid with glycosidic linkages at the 1 a– 4 a -di-axial position having a molecular weight of no more than 40,000 daltons, in an amount to effectively bind said agent.