Patent ID: 9109243
Filing Date: 2015-08-18
Classification: A61K,A61P,C08B,C08L,C12P

Abstract:
1. A method for producing a chondroitin sulfate-like compound, comprising (a) incubating a microbial culture in culture medium at a culturing temperature of from about 10° C. to about 50° C., wherein said microbial culture comprises a bacterium from a genus selected from the group consisting of (b) purifying said culture medium to obtain a chondroitin sulfate-like compound that includes an N-acetyl-galactosamine group that contains a sulfate group at one or more positions wherein the chondroitin sulfate-like compound is made by the bacteria in the microbial culture, wherein said purifying comprises a method selected from the group consisting of centrifugation of said culture to remove microbial cells from said culture medium, filtration of said culture medium, chromatography of said culture medium, and alcohol precipitation of said culture medium.