Use of modified oligo-β-(1,3)-glucans for treating diseases of the immune system, oligo-β-(1,3)-glucan-(1,3)-mannose, oligo-β-(1,3)-glucan-(1,3)-mannitol and derivatives thereof, methods for preparing them and medicaments containing them
The present invention relates to the use of at least one compound of formula (I) or (II), in which R1 is H and n is an integer from 2 to 10, for the preparation of a medicament for treating diseases chosen from the group comprising tumour, cancer, viral disease, bacterial disease, fungal disease, disease of the immune system, auto-immune disease or disease linked to a deficiency in immunostimulation, in human beings and warm-blooded animals. The invention also relates to new products having a mannose or mannitol termination as well as a method for preparing them.
