Antifungal complexes
AssigneeGist-Brocades N.V.
InventorsFerdinand Theodorus Jozef van Rijn, Jacobus Stark, Edith Magda Lucia Geijp
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Abstract
A complex containing natamycin complexed to one or more proteins. Processes for producing the same. Compositions containing the same. Use of the complexes as a preventative antimycobacterial treatment for natural products. A method for preventing the infection of a natural product by mycobacteria the method containing treating the natural with the complex.
Claims4
A method for preventing the infection by mycobacteria of a natural product comprising treating a natural product with a natamycin complexed to one or more proteins or amino acids, when present in water, does not produce crystals visible at 400.times. magnification.
A natural product which has been treated with a natamycin complexed to one or more proteins or amino acids, when present in water, does not produce crystals visible at 400.times. magnification.
A method for preventing infection by mycobacteria of a natural product comprising treating the natural product with a composition comprising natamycin complexed to one or more proteins or amino acids, when present in water, which does not produce crystals visible at 400.times. magnification and does not substantially lose activity within 60 days and which also contains a fat or oil.
A natural product that has been treated with a composition comprising natamycin complexed to one or more proteins or amino acids, when present in water, which does not produce crystals visible at 400.times. magnification and does not substantially lose activity within 60 days and which also contains a fat or oil.
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