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Wayne M. Forbes0
Paul B. Reese0
Ralph D. Robinson0
Date of Patent
May 4, 2010
0Patent Application Number
104240910
Date Filed
April 28, 2003
0Patent Primary Examiner
Patent abstract
Infections caused by parasitic nematodes of the genera Strongyloides, Ancyclostoma, Necator, Haemonchus, Ascaris, or Trichuris in humans and other mammals are treated by administration to an infected individual of an amount of a C8-C16-alpha,beta-unsaturated aliphatic aldehyde. Such compounds are useful for killing nematode worms of the genera listed above. A particularly useful compound of this class, effective against S. stercoralis infections, is E-2-dodecenal, having structural formula (1).
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