Nitrogen Containing Patents (Class 536/18.7)
  • Publication number: 20100240773
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to multifunctional polymeric linkers capable of linking a plurality of biologically active compounds. More particularly, the invention relates to the use of such multifunctional linkers that can effectively present two or more ligands simultaneously to two or more biological targets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2010
    Publication date: September 23, 2010
    Inventors: Kenneth Korzekwa, Mark J. Rosen
  • Publication number: 20100234258
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a product of reaction between a primary and/or secondary amine and one or more active ingredients. By the present invention, there is provided a release of the active component over a longer period of time than by the use of the active itself.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2010
    Publication date: September 16, 2010
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Jean-Luc Philippe Bettiol, Alfred Busch, Hugo Denutte, Christophe Laudamiel, Peter Marie Kamiel Perneel, Marie Montserrat Sanchez-Pena, Johan Smets
  • Patent number: 7790700
    Abstract: Partially desulfated glycosaminoglycan derivatives are described, particularly heparin, and more particularly formula (I) compounds where the U, R and R1 groups have the meanings indicated in the description. These glycosaminoglycan derivatives exhibit antiangiogenic activity and are devoid of anticoagulant activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2010
    Assignee: Sigma-Tau Industrie Farmaceutiche Riunite S.p.A.
    Inventors: Benito Casu, Giangiacomo Torri, Anna Maria Naggi, Giuseppe Giannini, Claudio Pisano, Sergio Penco
  • Patent number: 7781416
    Abstract: Partially desulphated glycosaminoglycan derivatives are described, particularly heparin, and more particularly a compound of formula (I) where the U, R and R1 groups have the meanings indicated in the description. These glycosaminoglycan derivatives have antiangiogenic and heparanase-inhibiting activity and are devoid of anticoagulant activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2010
    Assignee: Sigma-Tau Research Switzerland S.A.
    Inventors: Benito Casu, Giangiacomo Torri, Anna Maria Naggi, Giuseppe Giannini, Claudio Pisano, Sergio Penco
  • Patent number: 7776842
    Abstract: The present invention includes amino sugar chelates and methods for preparing amino sugar chelates of the formula given below, where M is a metal; R2 and R3 are independently selected from H, OH and hydroxyl substituted C1-C8 alkyl; R4 is selected from H, CO2H, OH, and hydroxyl substituted C1-C8 alkyl; each R5 is independently selected from H, OH, and hydroxyl substituted C1-C8 alkyl; A is selected from CH and O; a is from 0-6; b is from 0-6; n is from 1 to 8. The amino sugar chelates may include matrix stabilizing salts. The compounds and compositions disclosed can be used as nutritional supplements to impart health benefits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2010
    Assignee: Albion Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Clayton Ericson, DeWayne Ashmead, Stephen D. Ashmead, Amanda Rees
  • Patent number: 7772196
    Abstract: This invention provides a method of treating a subject suffering from a dermatologic condition, including, inter alia, psoriasis, contact dermatitis, and seboreic dermatitis, the method includes the step of administering to a subject a compound comprising a lipid or phospholipid moiety bound to a physiologically acceptable monomer, dimer, oligomer, or polymer, and/or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or a pharmaceutical product thereof, in an amount effective to treat the subject suffering from a dermatologic condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2010
    Assignee: Yissum Research Development Company of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
    Inventor: Saul Yedgar
  • Patent number: 7772382
    Abstract: Provided is a chitosan derivative having a high optical resolving power. Specifically provided is a chitosan derivative represented by the following Formula (I). wherein R1 represents an aliphatic group or an aromatic group having a carbon number of 1 to 30 which may have a substituent; R2 represents a substituent originating from an isocyanic acid derivative, carboxylic acid, ester, acid halide, acid amide compound, halide compound, aldehyde, or alcohol; and n is an integer of 5 or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2010
    Assignees: National University Corporation Nagoya University, Daicel Chemical Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshio Okamoto, Chiyo Yamamoto, Masami Kamigaito
  • Patent number: 7750145
    Abstract: A compound having an SGLT1 and/or SGLT2 inhibitory activity which is usable as an agent for the prevention or treatment of diabetes, postprandial hyperglycemia, impaired glucose tolerance, diabetic complications, obesity, etc. It is a 1-substituted-3-(?-D-glycopyranosyl) nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compound represented by the general formula (I), a prodrug thereof, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, or a hydrate or a solvate thereof; an SGLT inhibitor containing the same; a pharmaceutical composition containing the same and a combination pharmacy of them. In the formula, A represents an alkylene group or alkenylene group; B represents a single bond, —O—, —S— or —NH—; C represents an optionally substituted aryl or heteroaryl group; Q independently represents a carbon atom which a hydrogen atom or a substituent binds to, or a nitrogen atom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2010
    Assignee: Kissei Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeru Yonekubo, Nobuhiko Fushimi
  • Patent number: 7745414
    Abstract: Glucopyranosyl-substituted benzonitrile derivatives as defined herein, including the tautomers, the stereoisomers thereof, the mixtures thereof and the salts thereof. The compounds according to the invention are suitable for the treatment of metabolic disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2010
    Assignee: Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
    Inventors: Matthias Eckhardt, Frank Himmelsbach, Peter Eickelmann, Achim Sauer, Leo Thomas
  • Publication number: 20100160251
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of at least one lactose-derived C-glycoside of general formula (I): as an agent for protecting and/or stimulating the activity and/or the proliferation of gamma-delta T lymphocyte cells (??T cells) in a composition containing a cosmetically or pharmaceutically acceptable medium. The composition will find applications for promoting skin tissue repair, for reequilibrating epidermal proliferation and differentiation disorders which appear with lack of sleep, and for improving the appearance of the head of hair and limiting hair loss.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2007
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Inventor: Lionel Brenton
  • Patent number: 7740758
    Abstract: The present invention provides a separating agent for enantiomeric isomers, which has an excellent ability to identify asymmetry. That is, the present invention relates to a separating agent for enantiomeric isomers which includes as an effective component a polysaccharide derivative having a bicyclic or more structure having an aromatic, alicyclic, or heterocyclic ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: Daicel Chemical Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshio Okamoto, Chiyo Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20100144045
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of compounds as new chiral selectors for separating the optical or enantiomeric isomers of a compound, wherein the chiral selector comprises at least one compound of formula (I): and at least one metal ion, for example Cu2+, Ni2+, Zn2+, Cd2+ or Co2+.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2008
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Inventors: Eric Peyrin, Jean-Luc Decout, Corrine Ravelet, Isabelle Henriette Baussanne
  • Patent number: 7728156
    Abstract: The invention includes a method of treating a solid acid catalyst. After exposing the catalyst to a mixture containing a sugar alcohol, the catalyst is washed with an organic solvent and is then exposed to a second reaction mixture. The invention includes a process for production of anhydrosugar alcohol. A solid acid catalyst is provided to convert sugar alcohol in a first sample to an anhydrosugar alcohol. The catalyst is then washed with an organic solvent and is subsequently utilized to expose a second sample. The invention includes a method for selective production of an anhydrosugar. A solid acid catalyst is provided within a reactor and anhydrosugar alcohol is formed by flowing a starting sugar alcohol into the reactor. The acid catalyst is then exposed to an organic solvent which allows a greater amount of additional anhydrosugar to be produced than would occur without exposing the acid catalyst to the organic solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2010
    Assignee: Battelle Memorial Institute
    Inventors: Jianli Hu, Johnathan E. Holladay, Xinjie Zhang, Yong Wang
  • Patent number: 7728117
    Abstract: Compounds and methods are provided for modulating in vitro and in vivo processes mediated by selectin binding. More specifically, selectin modulators and their use are described, wherein the selectin modulators that modulate (e.g., inhibit or enhance) a selectin-mediated function comprise particular glycomimetics alone or linked to a member of a class of compounds termed BASAs (Benzyl Amino Sulfonic Acids) or a member of a class of compounds termed BACAs (Benzyl Amino Carboxylic Acids).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2010
    Assignee: GlycoMimetics, Inc.
    Inventors: John L. Magnani, John T. Patton, Jr., Arun K. Sarkar, Sergei A. Svarovsky, Beat Ernst
  • Patent number: 7723528
    Abstract: The use of N-formamidino-5-amino-3H-1,2,4-dithiazole-3-thiones as novel, efficient sulfur-transfer reagents is disclosed. The sulfur transfer from these reagents to compounds containing P(III) atom, triphenylphosphine, 5?-O-DMT-thymidine 2-cyanoethyl-(N,N-diisopropyl)phosphoramidite, and 5?-O-DMT-3?-O-levulinyl dithymidilyl 2-cyanoethyl phosphite, was studied in solution by 31P NMR and HPLC. The sulfur transfer from title compounds was also studied in the solid-phase synthesis of oligonucleotide phosphorothioates by phosphoramidite methods. In this application, the efficiency of the sulfur transfer reaction for 2?-deoxyoligonucleotides was better than 99.5%. The novel sulfurizing agents are synthesized, at low cost, using simple chemical methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2010
    Assignee: AM Chemicals LLC
    Inventor: Andrei P. Guzaev
  • Patent number: 7723495
    Abstract: To provide an amidite for nucleic acid synthesis, which enables a protective group therein to be removed under moderate conditions and can be practically used, and a nucleic acid synthesizing method using the amidite for nucleic acid synthesis. Specifically, the present invention relates to an amidite for nucleic acid synthesis represented by General Formula (I) below, and a nucleic acid synthesizing method using the amidite for nucleic acid synthesis: where X denotes a base; Y denotes a protective group formed of any one of a 4-aminobutyric acid derivative, an o-aminomethylbenzoic acid derivative, an o-aminophenylacetic acid derivative, an o-aminoethylbenzoic acid derivative, an o-aminomethylphenylacetic acid derivative, an o-aminophenylpropionic acid derivative and a 5-aminovaleric acid derivative; and Q denotes one of a hydrogen atom and a hydroxyl group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2010
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Fujihara, Shozo Fujita
  • Publication number: 20100124583
    Abstract: Biomass (e.g., plant biomass, animal biomass, microbial, and municipal waste biomass) is processed to produce useful products, such as food products and amino acids.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2009
    Publication date: May 20, 2010
    Applicant: XYLECO, INC.
    Inventor: Marshall Medoff
  • Patent number: 7705120
    Abstract: The invention relates to newly discovered nucleic acid molecules and proteins associated with breast cancer. Compositions, kits, and methods for detecting, characterizing, preventing, and treating human breast cancers are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2010
    Assignees: Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Board of Regents, University of Texas System
    Inventors: James Lillie, Manjula Gannavarapu, Karen Glatt, Sebastian Hoersch, Shubhangi Kamatkar, Maureen Mertens, Hattersley, John E. Monahan, Vickesh Myer, Youzhen Wang, Yongyao Xu, Xumei Zhao, Rachel E. Meyers, Robert C. Bast, Jr., Gabriel N. Hortobagyi, Lajos Pusztai
  • Patent number: 7700747
    Abstract: A process for producing a polysaccharide sponge comprises the steps of (A) freezing a photoreactive polysaccharide solution, and (B) irradiating the frozen photoreactive polysaccharide solution with light to crosslink the photoreactive polysaccharide, thereby obtaining the polysaccharide sponge. The process includes simplified steps requiring no removal of solvent, and has such an advantage that impurities are easily removed therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2010
    Assignee: Seikagaku Corporation
    Inventor: Tomoya Sato
  • Publication number: 20100093991
    Abstract: Methods for the preparation of the ? isomer of a 9-deazapurine derivatives using benzyl protecting groups as the protecting groups for the 2 and 3 hydroxyl groups in ribose are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2006
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Applicant: Bio Cryst Pharmaceuticals , Inc.
    Inventors: Pooran Chand, Minwan Wu, Pravin L. Kotian, V. Satish Kumar, Tsu-Hsing Lin
  • Publication number: 20100075880
    Abstract: New cleaning compositions including novel amphoteric dispersant polymers containing anionic and nitrogen containing substitution are disclosed. In particular, cleaning compositions containing modified polysaccharides having anionic and nitrogen containing substitution and methods of forming the same are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2009
    Publication date: March 25, 2010
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Jeffrey Scott Dupont, Yonas Gizaw, A. Levent Cimecioglu, John Socrates Thomaides
  • Patent number: 7683038
    Abstract: The present invention relates to percarboxylated polysaccharide selected from the group consisting of gellan, carboxymethylcellulose, pectic acid, pectin and hyaluronic acid derivatives; the process for their preparation and their use in the pharmaceutical, biomedical, surgical and healthcare fields.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2010
    Assignee: Fidia Farmaceutici S.p.A.
    Inventors: Davide Bellini, Vittorio Crescenzi, Andrea Francescangeli
  • Patent number: 7683164
    Abstract: A compound which comprises a backbone having a plurality of chiral carbon atoms, the backbone bearing a plurality of ligands each being individually bound to a chiral carbon atom of the plurality of chiral carbon atoms, the ligands including one or more pair(s) of adjacent ligands each containing a moiety selected from the group consisting of a naturally occurring nucleobase and a nucleobase binding group, wherein moieties of the one or more pair(s) are directly linked to one another via a linker chain; building blocks for synthesizing the compound; and uses of the compound, particularly in antisense therapy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2010
    Assignee: Bio-Rad Laboratories Inc.
    Inventor: David Segev
  • Publication number: 20100069310
    Abstract: Glucopyranosyl-substituted benzyl-benzonitrile derivatives of general formula (I) as defined according to claim 1, including the tautomers, the stereoisomers thereof, the mixtures thereof and the salts thereof. The compounds according to the invention are suitable for the treatment of metabolic disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2007
    Publication date: March 18, 2010
    Applicant: BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventors: Frank Himmelsbach, Matthias Eckhardt, Peter Eickelmann, Leo Thomas
  • Publication number: 20100068728
    Abstract: The present invention generally provides compositions comprising a polysaccharide derivative, and methods of their preparation and use for the prevention or treatment of diseases caused by Neisseria meningitidis bacteria, particularly group B (NmB) strains, and by E. coli K1. The invention provides a de-N-acetylated PS derivative in which one or more residues of the PS has been modified by de-N-acetylation. The invention also includes derivatives in which one or more of the N-acetyl groups of PS containing de-N-acetylated PS are replaced with other N-acyl groups, usually a lower acyl group of C2-C3. Further, the invention includes de-N-acetylated PS derivatives containing long chain hydrocarbons, as well as conjugates in which the de-N-acetylated PS derivative is linked to a carrier, e.g., a carrier protein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2009
    Publication date: March 18, 2010
    Inventors: Gregory R. Moe, Dan M. Granoff
  • Publication number: 20100069324
    Abstract: A nanoparticle of glucidamin derived from organism for treating tumor and preparation method thereof, wherein the viscosity-average molecular weight of glucidamin is in the range of 1×103-9×105, and the amount of free amino groups in the glucidamin is in the range of 50%-100% based on the total amino groups. The preparation method of the nanoparticle comprises steps listed below: (1) adding the glucidamin possessing one or more molecular weight into thin acid solution at 20-60° C. to form saccharan solution, wherein the content of saccharan in solution is in the range of 0.1%-5% by weight; (2) adjusting the pH of the solution to 6-9 in order to form emulsion of microparticle; (3) separating the microparticle from the emulsion, dried at low temperature to obtain the nanoparticle of glucidamin for treating tumor. The nano-class glucidamin can enhance their activity against tumor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2007
    Publication date: March 18, 2010
    Applicant: Ningbo Puai Bioengineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Zirong Xu
  • Patent number: 7674839
    Abstract: The invention relates to methods for the production of polymer carrier materials for solid phase synthesis, particularly for peptide synthesis. (Meth)acrylamide derivatives based on carbon hydrates, which can also contain other protective groups, are polymerized by means of suspension polymerization in an aqueous phase, optionally with the addition of pore-forming additives, and subsequently the protective groups are fully or partially cleaved. It is thus possible to obtain polymer carriers whose morphology (particle size, porosity), degree of cross-linking and swelling capability in aqueous and organic media can be adjusted in a targeted manner and whose reactive groups offer multiple opportunities for the immobilization of anchor groups and protective groups. The hydroxyl groups of the polymer carrier can be activated according to usual methods of solid phase synthesis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2010
    Assignee: Technische Universitat
    Inventors: Thomas Verdianz, Heinrich Gruber, Simone Knaus, Alexander Poschalko
  • Publication number: 20100048483
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polymeric derivatives, which can be conjugated to an amino-containing drug to improve its in vivo properties. The polymeric derivative can subsequently be released to yield the drug in its native form. Methods of preparing and using these polymeric derivatives and drug conjugates are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2009
    Publication date: February 25, 2010
    Applicants: BAXTER HEALTHCARE S.A., BAXTER INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Guohan Yang, Ton T. Hai, Bennett Melnick, Paul Sanders, Cong Jiang, Catherine Quinn, Jie Li, Arounaguiry Ambroise, Larry R. Brown
  • Patent number: 7667012
    Abstract: The present invention features a chemoselective ligation reaction that can be carried out under physiological conditions. In general, the invention involves condensation of a specifically engineered phosphine, which can provide for formation of an amide bond between the two reactive partners resulting in a final product comprising a phosphine moiety, or which can be engineered to comprise a cleavable linker so that a substituent of the phosphine is transferred to the azide, releasing an oxidized phosphine byproduct and producing a native amide bond in the final product. The selectivity of the reaction and its compatibility with aqueous environments provides for its application in vivo (e.g. on the cell surface or intracellularly) and in vitro (e.g., synthesis of peptides and other polymers, production of modified (e.g., labeled) amino acids).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2010
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Eliana Saxon, Carolyn R. Bertozzi
  • Publication number: 20100041826
    Abstract: An organized mobile multicomponent conjugate (OMMC) and method of using to enhance binding of weakly binding compounds to a target. A lamellar structure containing at least two binding compounds is assembled under conditions in which the binding compounds self-regulate in or on the lamellar structure, forming a cooperative ensemble that is capable of binding with enhanced affinity to a complementary affinity site on a target. Each binding compound is bound to the lamellar surface, and may be connected by a linker. The OMMC may contain an effector molecule, such as a diagnostic or therapeutic agent, for administration to a patent who is then diagnosed or treated using the effector molecule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2009
    Publication date: February 18, 2010
    Applicant: MALLINCKRODT INC.
    Inventors: Gary L. Cantrell, B. Daniel Burleigh
  • Publication number: 20100041827
    Abstract: An organized mobile multicomponent conjugate (OMMC) and method of using to enhance binding of weakly binding compounds to a target. A lamellar structure containing at least two binding compounds is assembled under conditions in which the binding compounds self-regulate in or on the lamellar structure, forming a cooperative ensemble that is capable of binding with enhanced affinity to a complementary affinity site on a target. Each binding compound is bound to the lamellar surface, and may be connected by a linker. The OMMC may contain an effector molecule, such as a diagnostic or therapeutic agent, for administration to a patent who is then diagnosed or treated using the effector molecule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2009
    Publication date: February 18, 2010
    Applicant: Mallinckrodt, Inc.
    Inventors: Gary L. Cantrell, B. Daniel Burleigh
  • Patent number: 7648826
    Abstract: This invention pertains to the discovery that an amplification of the CYP24 gene or an increase in CYP24 activity is a marker for the presence of, progression of, or predisposition to, a cancer (e.g., breast cancer). Using this information, this invention provides methods of detecting a predisposition to cancer in an animal. The methods involve (i) providing a biological sample from an animal (e.g. a human patient); (ii) detecting the level of CYP24 within the biological sample; and (iii) comparing the level of CYP24 with a level of CYP24 in a control sample taken from a normal, cancer-free tissue where an increased level of CYP24 in the biological sample compared to the level of CYP24 in the control sample indicates the presence of said cancer in said animal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2010
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Donna G. Albertson, Daniel Pinkel, Colin Collins, Joe W. Gray, Bauke Ystra
  • Publication number: 20090317427
    Abstract: Certain zwitterionic polysaccharides, including those naturally expressed by commensal B. fragilis in the gut, interact with cells of the immune system and affect the TH1/TH2 balance so as to promote health. Nutritional formulas and nutritional supplements containing isolated preparations of such zwitterionic polysaccharides, and methods for preparing the nutritional formulas and supplements, are provided. Also provided is a method of promoting immune system maturation in an infant involving enteral administration of a nutritional formula or nutritional supplement of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2007
    Publication date: December 24, 2009
    Applicant: The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc. Corporate Sponsored Research and Licensing
    Inventors: Dennis L. Kasper, Sarkis K. Mazmanian
  • Publication number: 20090305997
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel galactose derivatives of general formula (I) and to their use as agents for stimulating the immune system of the skin and/or as immunoregulators, and for preparing a composition containing a cosmetically or pharmaceutically acceptable medium, intended in particular to prevent and/or limit the appearance of cutaneous immune imbalances, in particular related to environmental stresses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2007
    Publication date: December 10, 2009
    Applicant: L'OREAL
    Inventors: Nathalie Pineau, Maria Dalko
  • Publication number: 20090304734
    Abstract: An oligosaccharide useful for a Meningitidis A vaccine contains a first mannose unit having a spacer in the alpha configuration at C-1, which spacer is capable of conjugating to a protein, and which is connected to a second mannose unit through a 1,6-linkage which connects C-6 of the first unit to C-1 of the second unit, wherein the 1,6-linkage comprises a phosphonate. Related methods of making such compounds, analogous compounds, or intermediates thereof are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2006
    Publication date: December 10, 2009
    Inventors: Stefan Oscarson, Peter Teodorovic, Paolo Costantino
  • Publication number: 20090305410
    Abstract: The present invention relates to fluorescent dyes in general. The present invention provides a wide range of fluorescent dyes and kits containing the same, which are applicable for labeling a variety of biomolecules, cells and microorganisms. The present invention also provides various methods of using the fluorescent dyes for research and development, forensic identification, environmental studies, diagnosis, prognosis, and/or treatment of disease conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2008
    Publication date: December 10, 2009
    Applicant: Biotium, Inc.
    Inventors: Fei Mao, Wai-Yee Leung, Ching-Ying Cheung, Hye Eun Hoover
  • Patent number: 7615652
    Abstract: The invention includes methods for producing dianhydrosugar alcohol by providing an acid catalyst within a reactor and passing a starting material through the reactor at a first temperature. At least a portion of the staring material is converted to a monoanhydrosugar isomer during the passing through the column. The monoanhydrosugar is subjected to a second temperature which is greater than the first to produce a dianhydrosugar. The invention includes a method of producing isosorbide. An initial feed stream containing sorbitol is fed into a continuous reactor containing an acid catalyst at a temperature of less than 120° C. The residence time for the reactor is less than or equal to about 30 minutes. Sorbitol converted to 1,4-sorbitan in the continuous reactor is subsequently provided to a second reactor and is dehydrated at a temperature of at least 120° C. to produce isosorbide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2009
    Assignee: Battelle Memorial Institute
    Inventors: Johnathan E. Holladay, Jianli Hu, Yong Wang, Todd A. Werpy
  • Patent number: 7615528
    Abstract: Disclosed is a class of compounds which inhibit the enzymatic conversion of fructose-lysine into fructose-lysine-3-phosphate in an ATP dependent reaction in a recently discovered metabolic pathway. According to the normal functioning of this pathway, fructose-lysine-3-phosphate (FL3P) is broken down to form free lysine, inorganic phosphate and 3-deoxyglucosone (3DG), the latter being a reactive protein modifying agent. 3DG can be detoxified by reduction to 3-deoxyfructose (3DF), or it can react with endogenous proteins to form advanced glycation end-product modified proteins (AGE-proteins). Also disclosed are therapeutic methods of using such inhibitors to alleviate deleterious effects of 3-deoxyglucosone (3DG).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2009
    Assignee: Fox Chase Cancer Center
    Inventors: Truman R. Brown, Francis Keppler
  • Publication number: 20090264525
    Abstract: The present invention relates to fatty acid esters of polyols or sulfonated fatty acid esters or sulfonated fatty acid amides containing at least one group Y, where Y stands for CF3—(CH2)a—O—, SF5—, CF3—(CH2)a—S—, CF3CF2S—, [CF3—(CH2)a]2N— or [CF3—(CH2)a]NH—, where a stands for an integer selected from the range from 0 to 5, or formula (I), where Rf stands for CF3—(CH2)r—, CF3—(CH2)r—O—, CF3—(CH2)r—S—, CF3CF2—S—, SF5—(CH2)t— or [CF3—(CH2)r]2N—, [CF3—(CH2)r]NH— or (CF3)2N—(CH2)r—, B stands for a single bond, O, NH, NR, CH2, C(O)—O, C(O), S, CH2—O, O—C(O), N—C(O), C(O)—N, O—C(O)—N, N—C(O)—N, O—SO2 or SO2—O, R stands for alkyl having 1 to 4 C atoms, b stands for 0 or 1 and c stands for 0 or 1, q stands for 0 or 1, where at least one radical from b and q stands for 1, and r stands for 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5, to processes for the preparation of these compounds, and to uses of these surface-active compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2007
    Publication date: October 22, 2009
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Hierse, Nikolai (Mykola) Ignatyev, Martin Seidel, Elvira Montenegro, Peer Kirsch, Andreas Bathe
  • Patent number: 7605141
    Abstract: Compositions containing purified nucleic acid wherein the nucleic acid acts as an antioxidant. Such compositions also include materials subject to oxidative damage such as antioxidants, vitamins, lipids, foods and pharmaceuticals. The invention also includes methods for preparing such compositions. These methods include dissolving the nucleic acid and a hydrophilic material in an aqueous solution, which may later be dried or further processed. Additionally, nucleic acid may be coupled with a molecule having hydrophobic and hydrophilic regions and then solubilized in a hydrophobic material. It may also be shaped into small aggregates and added to a hydrophobic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2009
    Assignee: Materials Evolution and Development USA, Inc.
    Inventor: Mark B. Lyles
  • Patent number: 7605246
    Abstract: A polynucleotide sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO:1 is associated with metastatic potential of cancer cells, especially breast cancer cells. Methods are provided for determining the risk of metastasis of a tumor, by determining whether a tissue sample from a tumor expresses a polypeptide or mRNA encoded by a polynucleotide as shown in SEQ ID NO:1. Also provided are therapeutic methods and compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2009
    Assignee: Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics, Inc.
    Inventors: Joerg Kaufmann, Greg Harrowe, Christoph Reinhard, Sanmao Kang
  • Publication number: 20090260108
    Abstract: It is intended to provide by improving a known method of producing hyaluronic acid in a plant, a plant or a cultured plant cells which can produce hyaluronic acid at a lower cost and a further higher yield than before, a method of preparing the same, an expression vector for transformation, a method of producing hyaluronic acid using the plant or the cultured plant cells and the like. The method of producing hyaluronic acid comprising obtaining hyaluronic acid by co-expressing a protein with hyaluronic acid synthase activity and an exogenous protein with sugar-nucleotide synthase activity in a plant cell or a plant is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2006
    Publication date: October 15, 2009
    Applicant: TOYO BOSEKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroaki Kitazawa, Shigeo Shibatani, Atsushi Sogabe
  • Publication number: 20090253117
    Abstract: An inventive substrate is provided which includes a substrate compound of formula A-B1-B2-B3-B4: wherein A is a sugar moiety; B1 is a linker moiety allowing the conjugation of moiety A and the remaining structure of the substrate; B2 is a linker moiety with a free reactive amino group so as to be available for reaction with carboxylic acids or detectable tags; B3 contains a permanently charged element such as a quaternary ammonium group so as to increase sensitivity for mass spectrometry analysis; and B4 of various carbon length conferring specificity amongst individual substrates in detection methods. Also provided is a molecule of the formula B1-B2-B3-B4, with similar structural characteristics to an enzymatic product produced by the action of a target enzyme on an inventive substrate. Further provided are methods for using inventive substrates for detecting enzymatic activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2009
    Publication date: October 8, 2009
    Inventors: Blas Cerda, Mark Norman Bobrow
  • Publication number: 20090247738
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a purified, easily produced poly-?-1?4-N-acetylglucosamine (p-GlcNAc) polysaccharide species. The p-GlcNAc of the invention is a polymer of high molecular weight whose constituent monosaccharide sugars are attached in a ?-1?4 conformation, and which in free of proteins, and substantially free of single amino acids, and other organic and inorganic contaminants. In addition, derivatives and reformulations of p-GlcNAc are described. The present invention further relates to methods for the purification of the p-GlcNAc of the invention from microalgae, preferably diatom, starting sources. Still further, the invention relates to methods for the derivatization and reformulation of the p-GlcNAc. Additionally, the present invention relates to the uses of pure p-GlcNAc, its derivatives, and/or its reformulations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2009
    Publication date: October 1, 2009
    Inventors: John N. Vournakis, Sergio Finkielsztein, Ernest R. Pariser, Mike Helton
  • Publication number: 20090221515
    Abstract: The present invention relates to monosaccharide derivatives as anti-inflammatory agents. The compounds disclosed herein can be useful for inhibition and prevention of inflammation and associated pathologies, including inflammatory and autoimmune diseases such as bronchial asthma, rheumatoid arthritis, type I diabetes, multiple sclerosis, allograft rejection, psoriasis, inflammatory bowel disease, ulcerative colitis, acne, atherosclerosis, cancer, pruritis or allergic rhinitis. Pharmacological compositions containing the compounds of the present invention and the methods of treating bronchial asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis, type I diabetes, psoriasis, allograft rejection, inflammatory bowel disease, ulcerative colitis, acne, atherosclerosis, cancer, pruritis, allergic rhinitis and other inflammatory and/or autoimmune disorders, using the compounds are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2005
    Publication date: September 3, 2009
    Inventors: Viswajanani Jitendra Sattigeri, Sudershan K. Arora, Venkata P. Palle, Mohammad Salman, Abhijit Ray, Raj Kumar Shirumalla, Abdul Rehaman Abdul Rauf
  • Patent number: 7582737
    Abstract: Orthogonally protected disaccharide building blocks for synthesis of heparin oligosaccharide. The disaccharide building block has a formula (I), in which L is a leaving group, P1, P2, P3 and are different, and of them P1 is an ester-type protecting group, P2 is a hydroxyl protecting group that could be oxidized to a carboxylic acid, P3 is a hydroxyl protecting group, and P4 is a hydroxyl protecting group which allows chemoslective deprotection with 2,3-dichloro-5,6-dicyano-1,4-benzoquinone (DDQ). Acting as an elongation unit, the disaccharide building block of formula (I) may react with a starting unit of formula (II) to synthesize a heparin oligosaccharide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2009
    Assignee: Academia Sinica
    Inventors: Shang-Cheng Hung, Jing-Chyi Lee, Xin-An Lu
  • Publication number: 20090216006
    Abstract: The present invention relates to liquid chromatographic chiral stationary phases (CSPs) and their preparation. The CSPs are based on carbamate-derivatized polysaccharides that are covalently bound onto inorganic oxide carriers via unique linkage chemistry. The present invention also relates to methods of obtaining the said linkages, which include derivatizing and functionalizing the polysaccharides, and also chemically bonding the functionalized carbamate-derivatized polysaccharides onto inorganic oxide carriers. The polysaccharide derivatives so obtained can be used as materials for the liquid chromatographic chiral separation of enantiomers. The preferred inorganic oxides are silica, zirconium oxide, and aluminum oxide. Cellulose and amylose are the preferred chiral polysaccharides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2009
    Publication date: August 27, 2009
    Inventors: Hui Xu, Yafeng Zhang, Qiwei Lu
  • Patent number: 7560434
    Abstract: Compounds represented by the formula: and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof and prodrugs thereof; wherein R1 is H, CH3, C2H5, C3H7 R2 is H, CH3, C2H5, C3H7, CH?CH2, CH2—OH, CH2F, CF3 R?2 is H, OH, NH2, NH-alkyl, F, N3, OCH3, O—C(O)CH(NH2)alkyl R3 is H, CH3, C2H5, C3H7 R?3 is H, OH, NH2, NH-alkyl, F, N3, OCH3, O—C(O)CH(NH2)alkyl R4 is H, CH3, C2H5, C3H7 At least one of R2, R3, or R4has to be other than H, when X?NH in B R6 is H, CH3, C2H5, R7 is selected from H, alkyl, alkenyl, aryl, acyloxyalkyl, and pivaloyloxyalkyl, aminoacids, CH2CH2SC(O)alkyl; and B is represented by the following structure: X is independently NR6, O, S, R8 and R9 independently is H, NH2, OH, SH, F, Cl, Br, I, aryl, heterocycle, alkyl, alkene, alkyne, S-alkyl, S-aryl, S(O)-alkyl, SO2-alkyl, SO2NH2, SO2NH-alkyl, SO2NH-aryl, NH-alkyl, NH-aryl, N(alkyl)2, N(aryl)2, O-alkyl, O-aryl, O-heterocycle, NH-(CH2)n-aryl, NH—C(O)-alkyl, NH—C(O)-aryl are useful for inhibiting viral RNA polymerases and treating patients
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2009
    Assignee: BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Yarlagadda S. Babu, Pooran Chand, Ajit K. Ghosh, Pravin L. Kotian, V. Satish Kumar
  • Patent number: 7553820
    Abstract: This invention provides compounds having excellent antitumor activity, which are represented by the following formulae in which R1, R2, R3, m, n and R4 have the significations as given in the specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2009
    Assignee: Ohgen Research Laboratories, Ltd.
    Inventor: Kiyoshi Akiyama
  • Publication number: 20090155851
    Abstract: Provided are a method for producing a fraction containing more than 50% of CH represented by the general formula (1), which comprises at least the step of allowing a glucuronic acid donor, an N-acetylgalactosamine donor, a saccharide receptor, a chondroitin polymerase derived from the Escherichia coli K4 strain, and Mn2+ at a final concentration of 0.02 to 100 mM to coexist, and performing a reaction thereof under conditions of 20 to 40° C. and pH 6 to 8 for 0.5 minutes to 4 hours, and a method for producing a fraction containing more than 50% of CH represented by the general formula (2), which comprises at least the step of performing the reaction under same conditions for 10 hours or longer, which enable industrial scale production of a CH fraction of a controlled even number saccharide and odd number saccharide content ratio by a simple procedure at a low cost.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2006
    Publication date: June 18, 2009
    Applicant: Seikagaku Corporation
    Inventors: Nobuo Sugiura, Koji Kimata