AMELIORATING AGENT FOR CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE

摘要

An ameliorating agent for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) containing as an active ingredient a lecithinized superoxide dismutase represented by the following general formula (I): SOD′(Q-B)m  (I) (in the formula SOD′represents a residue of the superoxide dismutase; Q represents a chemical crosslinking; B represents a residue without a hydrogen atom of a hydroxyl group of lysolecithin having the hydroxyl group at the 2-position of glycerol; m is the average number of bonds of lysolecithin to one molecule of superoxide dismutase and represents an integer of 1 or more). The ameliorating agent for COPD is intravenously administered or inhalation-administrated.