Patent ID: 7169765
Filing Date: 2007-01-30
Classification: A61K,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method for treating mutagen-induced cellular damage in an animal comprising administering to an animal in need thereof an effective amount of a composition comprising an acyl derivative of 2′-deoxyadenosine, having the formula wherein R (a) an unbranched fatty acid with 3 to 22 carbon atoms, (b) an amino acid selected from the group consisting of glycine, the L forms of alanine, valine, leucine, isoleucine, tyrosine, proline, hydroxyproline, serine, threonine, cysteine, aspartic acid, glutamic acid, arginine, lysine, histidine, carnitine, and ornithine, (c) nicotinic acid, or (d) a dicarboxylic acid having 3 to 22 carbon atoms, provided that not all of R