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Pub. Number AU-B-2002315075

PCT Number PCT/US02/18599

PCT Pub. Number WO2003/000178

Priority 60/299,495 20.06.01 US

Filing date 13 June 2002

Wipo publication date 8 January 2003

Acceptance publication date 15 March 2007

A61K 31/715 (2006.01) - Polysaccharides, i.e. having more than five saccharide radicals attached to each other by glycosidic linkages

A23L 1/20 (2006.01) Foods or foodstuffs - Treatment of pulse, i.e. fruits of leguminous plants, for production of fodder or food

A23L 1/30 (2006.01) Foods or foodstuffs - containing additives

A61K 36/48 (2006.01) Medicinal preparations of undetermined constitution containing material from algae, lichens, fungi or plants, or derivatives thereof, e.g. traditional herbal medicines

A61K 38/00 (2006.01) Medicinal preparations containing peptides

A61P 3/00 (2006.01) Drugs for disorders of the metabolism

A61P 7/00 (2006.01) Drugs for disorders of the blood or the extracellular fluid

C08B 37/00 (2006.01) Preparation of polysaccharides not provided for in