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US 4,693,888 AGranted
Caries-preventive composition
AssigneeLion Corporation
InventorsTsuneo Miyahara, Yoshihiro Harada, Katsuyuki Futakami, Yasukuni Nishida, Ryoko Konishi
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Abstract
A caries-preventive composition comprises an antibody obtained by immunizing a mammal with at least one antigen selected from the group consisting of Streptococcus mutans, its cell-wall fraction, fibrous substance fraction, glucosyltransferase fraction and protein antigen fraction, and a synergist selected from the group consisting of fluorine compounds, chlorhexidine and its salts, lytic enzymes, bacteriocins, glucosyltransferase inhibitors, proteases and dextranases.
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A caries-preventive composition, comprising:
- an effective amount of antibody obtained by immunizing a mammal with at least one antigen selected from the group consisting of Streptococcus mutans, its cell-wall fraction, it's fibrous substance fraction, it's glucosyltransferase fraction and it's protein antigen fraction;
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- an effective amount of at least one synergist selected from the group consisting of fluorine compounds, chlorhexidene and salts thereof, lytic enzymes, bacteriocins, glucosyltransferase inhibitors, proteases and dextranases.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.