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Method for the use of alpha arteether as an anti-bacterial and anti-fungal agent

US6127405A · kind A · utility

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Assignee

COUNCIL OF SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH · IN

Inventors

Sushil Kumar · Lucknow, IN
Suman Preet Singh Khanuja · Lucknow, IN
Tiruppadiripuliyur Ranganathan Santha Kumar · Lucknow, IN
Dharam Chand Jain · Lucknow, IN
Suchi Srivastava · New Delhi, IN
Asish Kumar Bhattacharya · Lucknow, IN
Dharmendra Saikia · Lucknow, IN
Ajit Kumar Shasany · Sidhauli, IN
Mahendra Pandurang Darokar · Lucknow, IN
Ram Prakash Sharma · Lucknow, IN

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 27, 1998
Grant date	Oct 3, 2000
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 27, 2018

Classification

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

Abstract

The present invention relates to use .alpha.-arteether as a antibacterial agent, preferably for gyr mutant bacteria which are resistant to quinolone drugs and can be used as therapeutic agents for treating drug resistant bacterial infections, and also as a antifungal agent.

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