ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,766,160, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to HOSEO UNIVERSITY ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION (Asan-si, South Korea).

"Composition comprising polygalatenoside as active ingredient for prevention or treatment of cancer" was invented by Sung-Jo Kim (Anyang-si, South Korea) and Hyungkuen Kim (Anyang-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a composition exhibiting an excellent prophylactic or therapeutic effect on cancer, the composition comprising polygalatenoside, an optical isomer thereof, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof as an active ingredient. Having the effects of suppressing reactiv...