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US 5,397,694 AGranted
Protease inhibitor
AssigneeMerck Patent GmbH
InventorsAnthony Atkinson, Asgar Electricwala, Roy T. Sawyer, Nils von Sicard, Gerard Voerman
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Abstract
This invention relates to a novel protease-inhibitor,--which we called GELIN--and to pharmaceutical and cosmetic preparations thereof, containing this compound. GELIN is an inhibitor of human and porcine leucocyte elastase and chymotrypsin. GELIN has specific antibiotic properties. It also relates to the novel use of EGLIN, another chymotrypsin-inhibitor in cosmetic preparations.
Claims14
A substantially purified polypeptide having the following amino acid sequence:
- ##STR3## wherein Xaa indicates any amino acid residue;
- or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.