Patent number: 9084783
Abstract: A compound, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or ester thereof, having a structure of: wherein A, B and D are each oxygen or sulfur, provided that least one of A, B and D is sulfur; and R1-R8 are each independently hydrogen, hydroxyl, acyl, substituted acyl, acyloxy, substituted acyloxy, alkyl, substituted alkyl, alkenyl, substituted alkenyl, alkynyl, substituted alkynyl, alkoxy, substituted alkoxy, aryl, substituted aryl, amino, substituted amino, halogen, heterocycloalkyl, substituted heterocycloalkyl, heteroaryl, substituted heteroaryl, or a thio-containing group.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 15, 2014
Date of Patent:
July 21, 2015
Assignee:
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services
Inventors:
Nigel H. Grieg, Weiming Luo, David Tweedie, Harold W. Holloway, Qian-Sheng Yu, Edward J. Goetzl