Preparation for treating renal disease
AssigneeMect Corporation
InventorsTakayuki Ishii, Makiko Kasano, Tae Yasunaga, Mariko Ishii, Mamoru Sugimoto, Kenkichi Tomita, Takeshi Miyata, Makoto Tanaka
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Abstract
A preparation is useful for treating renal disease, such as nephritis and especially nephrosis (nephrotic syndrome), which comprises an effective amount of N-acetylneuraminic acid shown by the formula ##STR1## wherein, when n is 1, Z represents hydrogens, lithium, potassium, sodium, ammonium or organic ammonium, and when n is 2, Z represents calcium, barium or magnesium, and a pharmacologically acceptable carrier.
Claims7
Method of treating nephrotic syndrome in a subject exhibiting a nephrotic syndrome condition, comprising administering thereto a nephrotic syndrome inhibiting effective amount of an N-acetylneuraminic acid compound of the formula ##STR3## wherein n is 1 and Z represents sodium.
Method of treating a nephrotic syndrome condition corresponding to the symptoms induced by administration of puromycin aminonucleoside, comprising administering to a subject exhibiting such condition a therapeutic preparation which comprises a nephrotic syndrome inhibiting effective amount of an N-acetylneuraminic acid compound of the formula ##STR4## wherein n is 1 and Z represents sodium, and a pharmacologically acceptable carrier.
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