Patent ID: 6645531
Filing Date: 2003-11-11
Classification: A61K,A61P,A61Q,C01G,Y02A

Abstract:
A method of halting, diminishing, or inhibiting the growth of at least one of a bacterium, a fungus; a parasitic microbe, and a virus, which method comprises administering to a human being a therapeutically effective amount of at least one electron active compound that has at least two polyvalent cations, at least one of which has a first valence state and at least one of which has a second different valence state, wherein the at least one electron active compound comprises a metal oxide selected from the group consisting of Bi(III,V) oxide, Co(II,III) oxide, Cu(I,III) oxide, Mn(II,III) oxide, Pr(III,IV) oxide, Tb4O7, or a mixture thereof.