Patent ID: 6720353
Filing Date: 2004-04-13
Classification: A23L,A23V,A61K,A61P,C07D

Abstract:
A method of preventing or treating a urogenital infection in a mammal which comprises administering a pharmaceutical composition to said mammal in an amount and for a time sufficient to prevent, reduce or eliminate symptoms associated with said infection, wherein said pharmaceutical composition comprises a pharmaceutically-acceptable carrier in admixture with one or moreproanthocyanidin compounds consisting of an average of from at least four to about seven epicatechin flavanoid units, wherein each proanthocyanidin compound has at least two of said units linked together by an A-type interflavanoid linkage by bonds between C4 and C8 and between C2 and the oxygen of C7 of the units and the remainder of the units are linked to each other by a B-type interflavanoid bond between C4 and C8 or between C4 and C6 of the units.