Patent ID: 7550613

Claim:
A compound of formula (I): wherein R 1 and R 2 are the same or different and are chosen from a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, a halogen atom, an alkoxy group, an acyloxy group, an acyl group, an alkenyl group, an alkynyl group, an aryl group, an alkylthio group, an alkoxycarbonyl group, an alkylsulfinyl group, an alkylsulfonyl group, an amino group, and an alkylamino group; and X represents a carboxylic acid group or a carboxylate group, or any pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate, complex or pro-drug thereof; with the provisos that: the compound of formula (I) is not (all-Z)-4,7,10,13,16,19-docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), alpha-methyl DHA, alpha-methyl DHA methyl ester, alpha-methyl DHA ethyl ester, or alpha-hydroxy DHA ethyl ester, and R 1 and R 2 are not simultaneously a hydrogen atom.