Preparation of biologically active complexes
AssigneeHamlet Pharma AB
InventorsAftab Nadeem, Catharina Svanborg, Chin Shing Ho
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Abstract
The invention provides a method for preparing a biologically active complex, said method comprising dissolving a mixture of a polypeptide element, such as alphalactalbumin or fragments thereof, in powder form and oleic acid or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof also in solid form, in an aqueous solvent comprising a mixture of at least two and preferably three salts, wherein the method is carried out at moderate temperatures. The preparation does not require extensive heating and so is simple and efficient to carry out.
Claims11
A method for preparing a biologically active complex, said method comprising dissolving a mixture of a polypeptide element in powder form and oleic acid or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof also in solid form, in an aqueous solvent comprising at least two salts to form an aqueous solution comprising a biologically active complex of the polypeptide element and oleic acid, wherein the first salt of the at least two salts is sodium chloride or potassium chloride and the second salt of the at least two salts is disodium phosphate or mono-potassium phosphate, wherein the method is performed at a moderate temperature of up to 50° C., and wherein the polypeptide element is:
- (a) an alpha-lactalbumin or an alpha-lactalbumin having each of the cysteine residues replaced with another amino acid;
- (b) a peptide fragment of an alpha-lactalbumin having up to 50 amino acids and comprising SEQ ID NO:1, SEQ ID NO:2, SEQ ID NO:6 or SEQ ID NO:7;
- (c) a peptide fragment of a Coat Protein Complex II (COPII) family protein, wherein the peptide fragment has up to 50 amino acids and comprises SEQ ID NO:5;
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- (d) a lysozyme.
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