Sulfated Galactans With Antithrombotic Activity, Pharmaceutical Composition, Method for Treating or Prophylaxis of Arterial or Venous Thrombosis, Method of Extraction and Use Thereof
申请人:Mourão Paulo Antonio de Souza
公开号:US20110263527A1
公开(公告)日:2011-10-27
The present invention relates to low molecular weight sulfated galactans, obtained from algae, particularly genus
Botryocladia,
preferably species
Botryocladia occidentallis,
which have no effect on the factor XII activation of the clotting cascade, having antithrombotic heparinoid activity. The present invention also refers to a pharmaceutical composition comprising said sulfated galactans and the use thereof, as heparin substitute, in the treatment or prophylaxis of arterial or venous thrombosis in humans and animals. Furthermore, the present invention provides a method of extraction of the said sulfated galactans.