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Composition for testing periodontal diseases

US5223404A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJan 11, 1991
Grant dateJun 29, 1993
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Expiry dateJan 11, 2011

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S530/802
  • WIPO fieldBiotechnology
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A composition for testing periodontal diseases which diagnoses or prognosticates contraction or progress of the diseases or diagnoses the therapeutic value by promptly determining peptidase-like enzymatic activity in a specimen. The composition is a combination of a compound of the formula [1] or [2] or a mixture thereof, a chromogen and an oxidase: EQU X-T-Pro-Y [1] or EQU X'-Z'-Arg-Y' [2] wherein Pro is proline residue; Arg is arginine residue; X and X' are hydrogen or an amino protecting group, respectively; Y and Y' are a residue of a compound which can increase oxidation reaction rate of a chromogen with a oxidase in the presence of oxygen and is attached to the C-terminal of Pro or Arg, respectively; and T and Z' are an amino acid or peptide residue composed of 0 to 4 amino acids or their protected derivatives the C-terminal of which is attached to the N-terminal of Pro or Arg, respectively.

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