Patents by Inventor Taigang Mo

Taigang Mo 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).

  • Heavy metal chelating agent for oral administration, its synthesis and its uses in medicine and health protection
    Patent number: 6306837
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a new kind of heavy metal chelating agents and a preparation process and uses thereof. The said heavy metal chelating agents are expressed in &agr;-[D(+)glucose-1-yl-amino]-&bgr;3-mercapto-(S)-propanoic acid (abbreviated to NGP,I) and/or N,N′-di[D(+)glucose-1-yl]-L-cystine (abbreviated to NGCD,II). In the process of preparation, glucose and cysteine are reacted with a base, with a reducing agent, and the obtained products are acidified to give NGP,I, which can be used in and/or as drugs, health foods and food additives for accelerating the excretion of heavy metals including Pb, Cd, Hg, Al, Sb, As, etc. The structural feature of the compounds of the present invention is that they contain glucose and cysteirie in their molecules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2001
    Assignee: Sichuan Research Institute of Nature Drugs
    Inventors: Shiqi Peng, Chao Wang, Ming Zhao, Xingwei Li, Yancheng Wu, Taigang Mo