Patents Assigned to Matsuyama University
  • ANTIVIRAL AGENT FOR PREVENTING OR TREATING COVID-19
    Publication number: 20230241144
    Abstract: Pharmaceutical preparations, Chinese herbal preparations, foods, and other compositions may contain, as an active ingredient, an ephedra extract, an ephedrine-alkaloid-free ephedra extract, or a polymercondensed tannin derived from an ephedra extract. Such compositions may be useful for preventing or treating COVID-19 infection (COVID-19). Such compositions are preferably provided in an orally ingestible form.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2021
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Applicants: THE KITASATO INSTITUTE, JAPAN AS REPRESENTED BY DIRECTOR GENERAL OF NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES, Matsuyama University, TOKIWA PHYTOCHEMICAL CO., LTD., TSUMURA & CO.
    Inventors: Toshihiko HANAWA, Sumiko HYUGA, Hiroshi ODAGUCHI, Yukihiro GODA, Masashi HYUGA, Masashi UEMA, Hiroshi ASAKURA, Nahoko UCHIYAMA, Yoshiaki AMAKURA, Morio YOSHIMURA, Jinwei YANG, Kazushige MIZOGUCHI