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AssigneesMaruha Nichiro Foods, Inc., Tadao FUKUSHIMA
InventorsTadao Fukushima, Tohru Hayakawa, Yoshio Okahata, Makoto Mitarai, Keishi Iohara, Hiroyuki Enari, Haruchika Sekido
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A medical or dental material can be prepared by using, as an active ingredient, at least one of a protamine, and derivatives thereof and hydrolysates thereof, or a complex of at least one of a protamine, and derivatives thereof and hydrolysates thereof with an anionic high molecular weight compound. As a result, an antibacterial agent against periodontal disease-causing bacteria can be provided, which is highly safe without concern of a side effect. A medical or dental material can be also provided, which exhibits antimicrobial activity on periodontal disease-causing bacteria and additionally has insolubility in water and good formability.
A medical or dental material for osteogenesis, comprising a complex of at least one component selected from the group consisting of a protamine, pharmaceutically acceptable salts of a protamine and hydrolysate of a protamine with a DNA electrostatically bound with the at least one component,
2-10. (canceled)
A medical or dental material according to claim 2, which carries a bone morphogenetic factor or a growth factor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.