Storage stable cholesterol oxidase compositions

US4366249A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Boehringer Mannheim GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Waldemar Thum · Tutzing, DE
• Gunter Lang · Wernau, DE
• Hellmuth Vetter · Tutzing, DE
• Gotthilf Naher · Tutzing, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 15, 1982
• Grant date: Dec 28, 1982
• Expiry date: Jan 15, 2002

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C12N9/96
• WIPO field: Biotechnology
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Storage-stable aqueous cholesterol oxidase compositions comprising cholestrol oxidase, a buffer and from 2 to 3.5 M sodium or potassium chloride as a stabilizing agent, are significantly superior to conventional compositions with respect to storage stability and fungibility.