COMPOUNDS COMPRISING DISULFIDE-CONTAINING PEPTIDES AND NITROGENOUS BASES, AND MEDICAL USES THEREOF

摘要

The invention relates to new compositions and medical uses, such as anti-infectious pharmacology. The compositions include salts and compounds of GSSG including at least one counterion comprising a nitrogenous base. Examples of such nitrogenous bases include DNA bases, nucleosides of DNA bases, nucleotides of DNA bases, RNA bases, nucleosides of RNA bases, nucleotides of RNA bases, inosine, nucleotides of inosine, and homologues, analogues and derivatives thereof. The invention is also directed to methods for treatment and prevention of infectious diseases such as viral hepatitis B and C, AIDS and herpes.