Use of glycans in the manufacturing of anti-viral medicaments.

摘要

Novel glycans; lentinan sulfate and salts thereof, and straight chain glucans or sulphuric esters thereof having xylose ribose, galactose, arabinose, glucose groups or oligomers thereof as branching side chains on the parent glucan, and derivatives and salts thereof. These novel compounds, and also known glycans, xylofuranan sulfate, ribopyranan sulfate, xylopyranan sulfate, ribofuranan sulfate and salts and derivatives thereof, are particularly useful as agents for the prophylaxis and treatment of viral diseases, particularly acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS).