Patent ID: 6991810

Claim:
A product capable of having anti-inflammatory properties, wherein said product is obtainable from starfish, wherein said product is glycoprotein, wherein said glycoprotein has a molecular weight of about 1,100 kDa as measured by 3% polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, wherein the glycoprotein exhibits at least one characteristic selected from the group consisting of: a) sensitivity to the action of chondroitinase ABC I, b) sensitivity to the action of N-glycanase, c) resistance to the action of chondroitinases ACI and B, d) resistance to the action of proteinase K, e) resistance to the action of papain, and f) sensitivity to the action of neuraminidase; and the product has: a characteristic nuclear magnetic resonance proton spectrum at 500 MHz as shown in FIG. 1 of the drawings; and a characteristic Fourier transform infra-red spectrum as shown in FIG. 2 of the drawings.