Sleep inducing agents
US4668661A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 23, 1984 |
| Grant date | May 26, 1987 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 23, 2004 |
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- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC12R2001/13
- WIPO fieldBiotechnology
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A compound capable of inducing sleep in mammals comprising a peptidoglycan monomer obtained by lysozyme digestion of linear non-crosslinked peptidoglycan polymer chains present in culture fluids of penicillin-treated Brevibacterium divaricatum mutant NRRL 2311 together with hydrolysis of at least one amide group of said monomer.
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