A composition for use in prevention, inhibition and/or treatment of coccidiosis in an animal is disclosed. The composition comprises an effective amount of Bidens pilosa, an active constituent thereof, or an active compound isolated therefrom. In another aspect, a composition for use in enhancing growth in an animal is disclosed. The composition comprising an animal feed and an effective amount of Bidens pilosa, or an isolated active constituent comprising a polyacetylenic compound.

The invention provides proteins from group B streptococcus (Streptococcus agalactiae) and group A streptococcus (Streptococcus pyogenes), including amino acid sequences and the corresponding nucleotide sequences. Data are given to show that the proteins are useful antigens for vaccines, immunogenic compositions, and/or diagnostics. The proteins are also targets for antibiotics.

A composition comprising an extract from an aquatic organism is disclosed. The composition is capable of preventing adhesion of a cell to a surface and is devoid of cytotoxic or cytostatic activity. Medical devices comprising same and methods for preventing or treating a pathological infection using same are also disclosed.

The invention is concerned with a pharmaceutical and industrial iodophor preparation, its synthesis and potential applications. The compound has predictable antimicrobial activities. Furthermore, this iodophor is much more stable in the presence of organic material than traditional iodophors. The compositions release free iodine when in solution, which provides the antimicrobial activity.

The present invention provides polypeptides useful as antigens expressed at the pre-erythrocytic stage of the malaria parasite. The antigens can be utilized to induce an immune response and sterile protection against malaria in a mammal by administering the antigens in vaccine formulations or expressing the antigens in DNA or other recombinant protein expression systems delivered as a vaccine formulation.

Provided are 5-substituted quinazolinone compounds, for example, of formula (I), and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates, clathrates, stereoisomers, and prodrugs thereof. Methods of use for treating angiogenesis or cytokine related disorders, and pharmaceutical compositions of these compounds are disclosed. ##STR00001##

Compositions comprising an isolated peptide, which may for example optionally comprise a sequence selected from the group consisting of FDYDWY (SEQ ID NO: 2), SFSQNKSVHSFDYDWYNVSDQADLKN (SEQ ID NO: 3) or CSFSQNKSVHSFDYDWYNVSDQADLKNC (SEQ ID NO: 1), or any cyclized version thereof, and methods of using same, including for treatment of or prevention of formation of microbial biofilms and against adhesion of a cell to a surface.

The present invention is related to novel compositions comprising at least one active ingredient of the family of the triazines combined with another active ingredient and specific compounds that allow the reduction of foam formation. More particularly, the invention relates to compositions in the form of aqueous suspensions comprising a triazine, an iron complex, and one or more surfactant(s) having a particular HLB.

The present invention is related to novel compositions comprising at least one active ingredient of the family of the triazines combined with another active ingredient and specific compounds that allow the reduction of foam formation. More particularly, the invention relates to compositions in the form of aqueous suspensions comprising a triazine, an iron complex, and one or more surfactant(s) having a particular HLB.

Compounds of the formula I ##STR00001##
in which R, R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 have the meanings indicated in claim 1, are inhibitors of Syk, and can be employed, inter alia, for the treatment of cancer, rheumatoid arthritis and/or systemic lupus.