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Glycosphingalipids for inhibiting bacterial adherence

US4464360A · kind A · utility

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Inventors

Hakon Leffler · Lund, SE
Catharina Svanborg Eden · Göteborg, SE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 23, 1981
Grant date	Aug 7, 1984
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 23, 2001

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02A50/30
WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Pharmaceutical preparations containing globotetraosylceramide, globotriaozylceramide or globotetraos, and the use of said preparations or compounds for treatment, prophylaxis or diagnosis of bacterial infections in the urinary tract. The compounds have the ability to inhibit the adherence of bacteria to human urinary tract epithelial cells.

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