| abstract |
The present invention relates to a method of promoting growth comprising the step of administering an effective amount of a compound of formula (I); in which X and Y are either the same or different and selected from a heteroatom; (a) is a double or single bond depending on the heteroatoms X and Y; R1 to R5 are either the same or different and selected from hydrogen or a non-deleterious substituent; and R6 and R7 are either the same or different and selected from hydrogen and a non-deleterious substituent or one of R6 and R7 are absent when there is a double bond present, pharmaceutically or veterinarily acceptable salts or derivatives, pro-drugs, tautomers and/or isomers thereof to a subject in need thereof. |