Immunomodulator
AssigneeWakunaga Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
InventorsJunichiro SUZUKI, Yukihoro KODERA, Kenji ITOH, Toshiaki MATSUTOMO
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Abstract
An immunomodulator useful for modulating immune function and maintaining intravital homeostasis is provided. The immunomodulator comprises S-1-propenycysteine or a salt thereof as an active ingredient.
Claims11
An immunomodulator comprising S-1-propenycysteine or a salt thereof as an active ingredient.
A method for producing S-1-propenycysteine or a salt thereof, comprising extracting a plant belonging to the genus Allium in a 10 to 50% aqueous solution of ethanol at 0 to 80° C. for one month or more, allowing an extract thus obtained to adsorb to a cation exchange resin, carrying out elution using 0.1 to 3 N ammonia water, and then subjecting an eluate thus obtained to silica gel column chromatography and/or reversed-phase column chromatography to collect S-1-propenycysteine or a salt thereof.
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A method for immunomodulation, comprising administering S-1-propenycysteine or a salt thereof to a subject in need thereof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.