Patent ID: 8021830
Filing Date: 2011-09-20
Classification: A01N,A61K,A61P

Abstract:
1. A method of increasing plasma volume in a subject in need thereof, comprising administering said subject a liquid plasma expander in an amount effective to increase the plasma volume of said subject, wherein said plasma expander consists essentially of: (a) from 0.1 to 10 percent by weight of basic alpha keratose; said basic alpha keratose produced by the process of separating basic alpha keratose from a mixture of acidic and basic alpha keratose by ion exchange chromatography; and with said basic alpha keratose having an average molecular weight of from 10 to 100 kilodaltons; (b) from 0 to 5 percent by weight of gamma keratose; and (c) from 90 to 99.9 percent by weight of an electrolyte solution; with said basic alpha keratose and said gamma keratose solubilized in said electrolyte solution to form a homogeneous liquid composition having: