Method of treating an infection
OwnerArthur Vanmoorinventor
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Abstract
There is disclosed a method of treating an infection in a person in need of such treatment, which comprises the administration to such person of an effective amount of at least one compound represented by formula (I) X—CH2—CH(OY)1−p(H)pCH(NH2+)pCOO− (I) wherein X represents a trimethylammonio group (CH3)3N+ or a carbamoyl group (CONH2), Y is hydrogen or an acetyl (CH3CO) group, and p is zero or one, provided that when X is a carbamoyl group p is one, and when X is a trimethylammonio group p is zero.
Claims17
A method of treating an infection in a person in need of such treatment, which comprises the administration to such person of an effective amount of at least one water-soluble amino acid represented by formula (I)
- X—CH2—CH(OY)1−p(H)pCH(NH2+)pCOO− (I)
- wherein X represents a trimethylammonio group (CH3)3N+ or a carbamoyl group (CONH2), Y is hydrogen or an acetyl (CH3CO) group, and p is zero or one, provided that when X is a carbamoyl group p is one, and when X is a trimethylanmutonio group p is zero.
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