Patents by Inventor Fumiyo Haruna

Fumiyo Haruna has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Aureobasidium pullulans which produces antibiotic R106
    Patent number: 5260214
    Abstract: An antibiotic R106 represented by the general formula I): ##STR1## wherein: R is methyl or ethyl;X.sub.1 is MePhe, .beta.-HOMePhe or Phe;X.sub.2 is allo-Ile, Val or Leu;X.sub.3 is MeVal or Val;X.sub.4 is .beta.-HOMeVal, .gamma.-HOMeVal, MeVal, Val, N,.beta.-MeAsp, .beta.-HOMePhe, MePhe, MeDH.sub.2,3 Val or MeDH.sub.3,4 Valis produced by a process which comprises culturing a strain of the genus Aureobasidium that is capable of producing the said antibiotic R106 and collecting the said antibiotic from the fermentation broth. The antibiotic R106 compounds are useful in the treatment of fungal infection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 9, 1993
    Assignee: Takara Shuzo Co.
    Inventors: Kazutoh Takesako, Katsushige Ikai, Kazuo Shimanaka, Junko Yamamoto, Fumiyo Haruna, Teruya Nakamura, Hideyo Yamaguchi, Katsuhisa Uchida
  • R106 compounds
    Patent number: 5200505
    Abstract: There are provided R106 compounds represented by the following general formula (I): ##STR1## wherein: A.sub.1 is Phe, o-FPhe, m-FPhe, or Tyr;A.sub.2 is MePhe, o-FMePhe, m-FMePhe, MeTyr, Sar, MeSery, or .beta.-oxoMePhe;A.sub.3 is Pro, 4Hyp, or SPro;A.sub.4 is allo-Ile or Nle;A.sub.5 is Leu or Nva;A.sub.6 is .beta.-HOMeVal or Sar;excluding those wherein A.sub.1 is Phe and A.sub.2 is MePhe and A.sub.3 is Pro and A.sub.4 is allo-Ile and A.sub.5 is Leu and A.sub.6 is .beta.-HOMeVal (SEQ ID No. 4), which are useful as therapeutic agents for fungal infection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 1991
    Date of Patent: April 6, 1993
    Assignee: Takara Shuzo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazutoh Takesako, Katsushige Ikai, Kazuo Shimanaka, Junko Yamamoto, Fumiyo Haruna, Teruya Nakamura, Hideyo Yamaguchi, Katsuhisa Uchida
  • Process for the production of antibiotic R106 by a strain of Aureobasidium pullulans
    Patent number: 5158876
    Abstract: An antibiotic R106 represented by the general formula (I): ##STR1## wherein: R is methyl or ethyl;X.sub.1 is MePhe, .beta.-HOMePhe or Phe;X.sub.2 is allo-Ile, Val or Leu;X.sub.3 is MeVal or Val;X.sub.4 is .beta.-HOMeVal, .gamma.HOMeVal, MeVal, Val, N,.beta.-MeAsp, .beta.-HOMePhe, MePhe, MeDH.sub.2,3 Val or MeDH.sub.3,4 Valis produced by a process which comprises culturing a strain of the genus Aureobasidium that is capable of producing the said antibiotic R106 and collecting the said antibiotic from the fermentation broth. The antibiotic R106 compounds are useful in the treatment of fungal infection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 1991
    Date of Patent: October 27, 1992
    Assignee: Takara Shuzo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazutoh Takesako, Katsushige Ikai, Kazuo Shimanaka, Junko Yamamoto, Fumiyo Haruna, Teruya Nakamura, Hideyo Yamaguchi, Katsuhisa Uchida
  • Novel antibiotics R106
    Patent number: 5057493
    Abstract: An antibiotic R106 represented by the general formula (I): ##STR1## wherein: R is methyl or ethyl;X.sub.1 is MePhe, .beta.-HOMePhe or Phe;X.sub.2 is allo-Ile, Val or Leu;X.sub.3 is MeVal or Val;X.sub.4 is .beta.-HOMeVal, .gamma.-HOMeVal, MeVal, Val, N,.beta.-MeAsp, .beta.-HOMePhe, MePhe, MeDH.sub.2,3 Val or MeDH.sub.3,4 Valis produced by a process which comprises culturing a strain of the genus Aureobasidium that is capable of producing the said antibiotic R106 and collecting the said antibiotic from the fermentation broth. The antibiotic R106 compounds are useful in the treatment of fungal infection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 1989
    Date of Patent: October 15, 1991
    Assignee: Takara Shuzo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazutoh Takesako, Katsushige Ikai, Kazuo Shimanaka, Junko Yamamoto, Fumiyo Haruna, Teruya Nakamura, Hideyo Yamaguchi, Katsuhisa Uchida