Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds having antibiotic activity which are obtained from body fluids of mollusks, namely of certain West-African snails, to therapeutic drugs comprising these compounds, and to the use thereof for the preparation of a therapeutic drug for controlling infectious pathogens in humans and animals.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 6, 2000
Date of Patent:
January 3, 2006
Assignee:
B.R.A.I.N.
Inventors:
Manfred T. Reetz, Klaus Kühling, Heinz Mehlhorn, Karl-Erich Jäger