Antibiotic, functional cosmetic and functional food containing levulinic acid and their derivatives
OwnerHong-Ki Jun, Ung-Chan Yooninventors
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Abstract
The present invention relates to antibiotics, functional cosmetics and functional foods comprising levulinic acid or its derivatives as effective ingredients. More particularly, the present invention relates to antibiotics comprising levulinic acid or its derivatives having antibiotic activities against various microorganisms including Gram positive bacteria, Gram negative bacteria, yeast and drug-resistant bacteria. Also, the present invention relates to functional cosmetics and functional foods comprising the same.
Claims4
Antibiotics comprising levulinic acid or its derivatives represented by formula 1, as effective ingredients.
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- (wherein, R1 is C1˜C4 straight or branched alkyl group, or C3˜C7 cycloalkyl group, R2 is —OH, —OR3, —NH2 or —NR4, R3 is C1˜C4 straight or branched alkyl group, R4 is C1˜C4 straight or branched alkyl group or C5-C6 methylene group and n is an integral of 1 to 3.)
Functional cosmetics comprising levulinic acid or its derivatives represented by above formula 1, as effective ingredients.
Functional foods comprising levulinic acid or its derivatives represented by above formula 1, as effective ingredients.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.