Expectorant
AssigneeMect Corporation
InventorsSadanori Ogasawara, Takashi Hanafusa, Katsuhide Kariya, Masayoshi Ito, Yoshiyasu Shitori
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Abstract
An expectorant capable of acting on the rheological properties of sputum and capable of directly promoting the ciliary motion. The expectorant contains N-acetylneuraminic acid or a pharmaceutically active salt thereof.
Claims8
An expectorant, comprising an effective amount of the compound of the formula I ##STR7## wherein, n=1 or 2, and on condition of n=1, Z represents hydrogen, lithium, potassium, sodium, ammonium, organic ammonium or organic amine, whereas on condition of n=2, Z represents calcium, barium or magnesium, together with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier in a powdered form suitable for aerosol application.
A method of promoting expectoration, comprising administering to a human being by inhalation, an effective amount of the compound of formula I, ##STR8## wherein n=1 or 2, and on condition of n=1, Z represents hydrogen, lithium, potassium, sodium, ammonium, organic ammonium or organic amine, whereas on condition of n=2, Z represents calcium, barium or magnesium.
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