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Composition and method for controlling cholesterol

US5300288A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateApr 5, 1991
Grant dateApr 5, 1994
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Expiry dateApr 5, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61K47/58
  • WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A nontoxic polymer comprising a backbone having a pendant groups which have sites which are capable of forming ionic bonds and sites capable of forming hydrogen bonds with respective receptive sites on the anions of conjugate acids formed by the reaction of bile acids with glycine and of bile acids with taurine, preferred polymers including polymeric amides, and pharmaceutical compositions containing the same for treatment of hypercholesterolemia.

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