Patent ID: 6608042
Filing Date: 2003-08-19
Classification: A01N,A61K,C07H,C08B,C12N

Abstract:
A pharmaceutical composition comprising one or more oligosaccharides of formula: in which n is an integer from 0 to 25, each of R1, R3, R4, R5, R6 and R8, which may be identical or different, is hydrogen or an SO3M radical, each of R2 and R7, which may be identical or different, is hydrogen or an SO3M or COCH3 radical, and M is sodium, calcium, magnesium or potassium, excluding, however, those oligosaccharides wherein (1), n is equal to 0 and (2) either (a) each of R1, R6 and R8 is hydrogen, R7 is an SO3M or COCH3 radical and M is sodium, or (b) each of R1 and R6 is hydrogen R7 is a COCH3 radical, R8 is a SO3M radical and M is sodium, or (c) R6 is hydrogen, each of R1, R7 and R8 is an SO3M radical and M is sodium, or (d) each of R6 and R7 is hydrogen, each of R1 and R8 is an SO3M radical and M is sodium, or (e) each of R1 and R6 and R7 is hydrogen, R8 is an SO3M radical and M is sodium.