Patent ID: 6433161
Filing Date: 2002-08-13
Classification: C08B,C12P

Abstract:
A compound comprising galactosylated hydroxyalkyl polysaccharide wherein the galactosylated hydroxyalkyl polysaccharide contains galactose moieties bound to the oxygen atom of the hydroxyl groups of the hydroxyalkyl polysaccharide by galactosidic bonds, and wherein the hydroxyalkyl polysaccharide is selected from the group consisting of hydroxyethyl cellulose, hydroxypropyl cellulose, water soluble ethylhydroxyethyl cellulose, carboxymethylhydroxyethyl cellulose, hydroxypropylhydroxylethyl cellulose, methylhydroxypropyl cellulose, methylhydroxyethyl cellulose, hydrophobically modified hydroxyethyl cellulose, hydrophobically modified hydroxypropyl cellulose, hydrophobically modified ethylhydroxyethyl cellulose, hydrophobically modified carboxymethylhydroxyethyl cellulose, hydrophobically modified hydroxypropylhydroxyethyl cellulose, hydrophobically modified methylhydroxypropyl cellulose, hydrophobically modified methylhydroxyethyl cellulose, cationic hydroxyethyl cellulose, cationic hydrophobically modified hydroxyethyl cellulose, hydroxyethyl guar, hydroxypropyl guar, carboxymethylhydroxypropyl guar, hydrophobically modified hydroxyethyl guar, hydrophobically modified hydroxypropyl guar, and hydrophobically modified carboxymethylhydroxypropyl guar.