Abstract:
The use of chitosan in combination with a first polysaccharide selected from heparin, heparan sulphate and dextran sulphate for the manufacture of an agent that accelerates, stimulates and/or promotes healing of dermal wounds, said polysaccharide, optionally, being immobilized to the chitosan; and a process for the treatment of dermal wounds.
Abstract:
A process for the coating of an intraocular lens to impart tissue compatibility thereto, comprising the steps: a) priming said lens using a solution of a polyamine; b) coating the lens treated in step a) above with a solution of a periodate-oxidized polysaccharide selected from heparin, heparan sulphate, and chondroitin sulphate to stabilize said polyamine by covalent and/or ionical cross-linking; c) coating the lens treated in step b) above with a solution of a polyamine; and d) coating the lens treated according to step c) above with a solution of a periodate-oxidized polysaccharide selected from heparin, heparan sulphate, and chondroitin sulphate in the presence of a cyanoborohydride to convert formed labile Schiff's bases to stable secondary amines.
Abstract:
A solid substrate, the surface of which has been modified to introduce reactive groups of a hydrophilic nature thereon, the modification being provided by a primer comprising a first polysaccharide containing as reactive groups amino and hydroxyl groups; and a process for the preparation of such solid substrate.
Abstract:
The use of heparin or heparan sulphate in combination with chitosan for the manufacture of a medicament for the prevention or treatment of infections caused by herpes virus in mammal including man; and a process for the treatment of infectious diseases caused by herpes viruses.
Abstract:
The use of a composition in the preparation of a drug for the treatment or prophylaxis of infections caused by or associated with Helicobacter pylori, said composition containing as an active constituent an immobilized, negatively charged polysaccharide selected from the group comprising: heparin, heparan sulphate and dextran sulphate; a method of treating or preventing infections caused by or associated with Helicobacter pylori in mammals including man, comprising administering to a mammal in need of such treatment or prophylaxis an effective amount of a composition containing as an active constituent an immobilized, negatively charged polysaccharide selected from the group comprising: heparin, heparan sulphate and dextran sulphate; a protein with an apparent molecular weight of not more than about 120 kDa (on SDS-PAGE) and active subfragments thereof down to a molecular weight of about 20 kDa, said protein and subfragments specifically binding to heparan sulphate and being producible from H. pylori strains 25 and 1139 as a surface protein antigen thereof; mono- and polyclonal antibodies; process for detecting H. pylori; drug compositions; reagent kit; and a vaccine.
Abstract:
A method for manufacturing scallop lectin, which comprises: a) extracting a lectin-containing product from the digestive glands of a scallop selected from the family Pectinidae and the genus Haliotis, and b) purifying the resulting lectin-containing extract; and a lectin-haemagglutinin extracted from the digestive gland of a scallop selected from the family Pectinidae and the genus Haliotis, such as Placopecten magellanicus and possessing activity against Gram-negative bacteria, characterized by: a) a molecular weight of from about 10.000 to 20.000 under denaturing conditions; b) an ability to agglutinate sheep erythrocytes; c) an ability to agglutinate picoplankton of the species Spinobacter and Synechococcus; d) marked agglutination ability with respect to Gram-negative bacteria of the species Agrobacterium tumefaciens, Escherichia coli and Serratia marcescens; e) an isoelectric point in the range of about pH 4-5; and f) resistance to the proteolytic enzymes proteinase K, pronase and trypsin.