NEW BUTYRIC ESTERS WITH ANTIPROLIFERATIVE ACTIVITY AND THE PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING THEM

摘要

The present application describes total or partial butyric esters of polysaccharides as novel compounds; the number of hydroxyl groups esterified with butyric residues per each glycosidic monomer is preferably higher than 0.001; the application also describes the process of preparation of said esters, their use in therapy as antiproliferative agents, and pharmaceutical compositions containing them.