Drug – bio-affecting and body treating compositions – Plant material or plant extract of undetermined constitution... – Containing or obtained from hypericum
Reexamination Certificate
2006-05-02
2006-05-02
Lankford, Jr., Leon B. (Department: 1651)
Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions
Plant material or plant extract of undetermined constitution...
Containing or obtained from hypericum
C424S094100, C424S094600, C424S450000, C435S239000, C514S449000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07037534
ABSTRACT:
Described herein is an invention that relates to chemiluminescence-directed antiviral activities of natural and synthesized light-sensitive compounds. Methods are described herein for inactivating infectious virus particles outside and inside an organism. These methods incorporate coupling the antiviral activity of various light-sensitive compounds with chemiluminescence directed by native as well as foreign enzymes of the organism and enhanced by the addition of various anti-quenchers and wavelength-shifting compounds. The methods described herein feature light-sensitive compounds with known antiviral activity exhibited in the presence of light.
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Castor Trevor
Ilynskii Petr O.
Lallos Lisa Bastiani
Aphios Corporation
Gaudet Stephen J.
Susan Janine M.
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