US Patent Issued to Karl-Franzens-Universitat Graz on July 7 for "Antimycotic methoxyflavone and fluconazole combination for inhibiting cryptococcus" (Austrian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,673,038, issued on July 7, was assigned to Karl-Franzens-Universitat Graz (Graz, Austria).

"Antimycotic methoxyflavone and fluconazole combination for inhibiting cryptococcus" was invented by Katharina Kainz (Graz, Austria), Andreas Zimmermann (Graz, Austria), Didac Carmona-Gutierrez (Graz, Austria) and Frank Madeo (Graz, Austria).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to methods and means for inhibiting or preventing the growth of fungal cells with at least one flavone selected from the group consisting of 5-methoxyflavone, 2'-methoxyflavone, 7-methoxyflavone, 3',4',5,7-tetrametoxyflavone, 3',4',5',5,6,7-hexymethoxyf...