Patent ID: 6617157
Filing Date: 2003-09-09
Classification: A61L,A61P,C12N

Abstract:
A nucleic acid inactivating agent having the formula:&ohgr;âˆ’X1âˆ’[R1âˆ’N30(R2, R3)âˆ’]nR4Â·(X2âˆ’)n, wherein X1 is Cl or Br; R1 is a divalent hydrocarbon moiety containing between 2 and 4 carbon atoms, inclusive; each of R2, R3, and R4 is, independently, H or a monovalent hydrocarbon moiety containing between 1 and 4 carbon atoms, inclusive, provided that R2, R3, and R4 cannot all be H when R1 contains 2 carbon atoms; X2 is a pharmaceutically acceptable counter-ion; and n is an integer between 2 and 10, inclusive.