Broad spectrum antimicrobial compounds and methods of use
US5324716A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 14, 1991 |
| Grant date | Jun 28, 1994 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 14, 2011 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02A50/30
- WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
The invention provides a broad spectrum antimicrobial compound that includes a tryptophan-rich peptide exhibiting antimicrobial activity. A method of microbicidal inhibition or microbistatic inhibition of microbial growth is also provided. The method includes administering to an environment capable of sustaining microbial growth a microbicidally or microbistatically effective amount of a tryptophan-rich peptide exhibiting antimicrobial activity.
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