Patent ID: 7297687
Filing Date: 2007-11-20
Classification: A61K,A61P

Abstract:
1. A method of inhibiting the growth of pathogenic bacteria or the replication of herpes or influenza viruses in a patient comprising the step of administering to said patient an amount of an alpha-glycosidically linked starch polysaccharide derivative represented by general formula I, wherein said alpha-glycosidically linked starch polysaccharide derivative has a degree of quaternary ammonium group substitution of from 0.4 to 2.0, n is 2-4, R R X is an anion selected from the group consisting of halide, hydroxide, sulfate, hydrogen sulfate and carboxylate, effective to inhibit the growth of said pathogenic bacteria or the replication of said herpes virus or said influenza virus.