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Antibiotic preparations having increased effectiveness, processes for their manufacture and method for increasing the antibiotic action of antibiotics

US4414204A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJan 21, 1981
Grant dateNov 8, 1983
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Expiry dateJan 21, 2001

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61P37/04
  • WIPO fieldBiotechnology
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The invention relates to pharmaceutical preparations that contain an antibiotic and a muramylpeptide of the formula I or a salt thereof, to processes for their manufacture and to a method for increasing the antibiotic effectiveness of antibiotics. ##STR1## In the formula I, X represents carbonyl or carbonyloxy, R.sub.1 represents optionally substituted alkyl or aryl, R.sub.2, R.sub.3, R.sub.4 and R.sub.6 represent hydrogen or lower alkyl, R.sub.5 represents hydrogen, optionally substituted lower alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl or nitrogen-containing heterocyclyl, or R.sub.4 and R.sub.5 together represent also C.sub.3 -C.sub.4 alkylene, R.sub.7 represents hydrogen or free, esterified or amidated carboxyl, one of the radicals A.sub.1 and A.sub.2 represents a radical of the formula II and the other of the radicals A.sub.1 and A.sub.2 represents optionally substituted or functionally modified hydroxy or amino. ##STR2## In the formula II, T represents NH or O, Y represents an optionally substituted alkylene group that can also be interrupted by oxycarbonyl or iminocarbonyl, W represents hydrogen and Z represents an optionally esterified or etherified 1,2-dihydroxyethyl or 2-hydroxyethyl group, …

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