| abstract |
[Chemical 1] The present invention is a method for the treatment and / or prevention of microbial infection, wherein the compound of formula I wherein X and Y are the same or different and selected from heteroatoms; depends on the heteroatoms X and Y R 1 to R 5 are the same or different and are selected from hydrogen or a non-hazardous substituent; and R 6 and R 7 are the same or different and are hydrogen and a non-hazardous substituent. Or when a double bond is present, one of R 6 and R 7 is not present), a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or derivative, prodrug, tautomer and / or isomer thereof It relates to a method comprising the step of administering an effective amount. The present invention also relates to a method of protecting a subject from radiation damage, a method of cancer radiotherapy, and the use of a compound of formula (I) as defined above as an antimicrobial or radiation protective agent. Some of the compounds of formula (I) are novel and are described in the present invention together with pharmaceutical or veterinary compositions containing them. |