申请人:Huang Lei
公开号:US20060217446A1
公开(公告)日:2006-09-28
The invention provides a method for treating and/or preventing vaginal infections, such as trichomonas vaginitis, by administering a sugar alcohol-polyol to a subject in need of treatment. Particularly suitable sugar alcohol-polyols are pentitol and hexitol polyols, such as xylitol, arabitol/arabinitol, adonitol, ribitol, glycerol, dulcitol, inositol, mannitol and sorbitol. A composition containing a sugar alcohol-polyol for treating vaginal infections is also disclosed. It has been found that sugar alcohol-polyols are capable of selectively inhibiting the growth of Trichomonas vaginalis, a parasite that causes one of the most common vaginal infections, trichomonas vaginitis, while not inhibiting the growth of Lactobacillus acidophilus, the dominant bacteria in a healthy vaginal ecosystem. Sugar alcohol-polyols are safe and cost-effective, and can be used alone, with other polyols or incorporated into different vaginal health products to treat and/or prevent trichomonas vaginitis.
本发明提供了一种治疗和/或预防阴道感染(如滴虫性阴道炎)的方法,给需要治疗的受试者服用糖醇多元醇。特别适用的糖醇多元醇是戊糖醇和己糖醇多元醇,如木糖醇、阿拉伯糖醇/阿拉伯糖醇、阿多尼特糖醇、核糖醇、甘油、杜醇、肌醇、甘露糖醇和山梨醇。还公开了一种含有糖醇的组合物,用于治疗阴道感染。研究发现,糖醇多元醇能够选择性地抑制阴道毛滴虫的生长,这种寄生虫会引起最常见的阴道感染之一--滴虫性阴道炎,同时不会抑制嗜酸乳杆菌的生长,而嗜酸乳杆菌是健康阴道生态系统中的主要细菌。糖醇安全且具有成本效益,可单独使用,也可与其他多元醇一起使用,或添加到不同的阴道保健产品中,用于治疗和/或预防滴虫性阴道炎。