Abstract: The invention concerns a pharmaceutical preparation which contains one or several galacturonides as the active substance with a degree of polymerization of .gtoreq.2 and a degree of esterification of <20% optionally together with common pharmaceutical carriers, diluents, auxiliary substances and fillers as well as the use of this preparation to block the attachment of germs to mammalian cells.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 8, 1996
Date of Patent:
November 4, 1997
Assignee:
Laevosan-Gesellschaft
Inventors:
Josef Peter Guggenbichler, Peter Meissner, Johann Jurenitsch, Andreas De Bettignies-Dutz