Intestinal microflora-improving agent

Patent 4710379 Issued on December 1, 1987. Estimated Expiration Date:

December 4, 2006. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Inventors

Assignee

Kabushiki Kaisya Advance Kaihatsu Kenkyujo

Application

No. 06/938348 filed on 12/04/1986

US Classes:

424/93.44, Streptococcus424/115, FERMENTATE OF UNKNOWN CHEMICAL STRUCTURE424/520EXTRACT, BODY FLUID, OR CELLULAR MATERIAL OF UNDETERMINED CONSTITUTION DERIVED FROM ANIMAL IS ACTIVE INGREDIENT

Examiners

Primary: Brown, J. Travis
Assistant: Rollins, John W.

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett and Dunner

International Classes

A61K 35/66 (20060101)
A61K 35/74 (20060101)

Foreign Application Priority Data

1984-06-19 JP

Abstract

An intestinal microflora-improving agent containing, as an effective component, bacterial cells and/or the water-soluble extracts therefrom, obtained from microorganisms belonging to the genus Streptococcus.

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