Patent ID: 8394781

Claim:
A method of treating a tendon, ligament or periodontal bone disease, disorder or injury in a mammal comprising administering to a mammal in need thereof an effective amount of a compound of formula (I), wherein: R 1 is hydrogen, linear or branched C 1 -C 4 alkyl, phenylalkyl of less than ten carbon atoms or —COCH 3 ; R 2 is hydrogen, —COCH 3 or —SO 3 Y; R 3 is hydrogen, linear or branched C 1 -C 4 alkyl, phenylalkyl of less than ten carbon atoms, —COCH 3 or —COPh, wherein Ph is phenyl; G is —COOR 4 or —COOY, wherein R 4 is hydrogen, C 1 -C 2 alkyl or arylalkyl of less than sixteen carbon atoms; A is hydrogen, —SO 3 H, —SO 3 Y or —COCH 3 ; and B is hydrogen, —SO 3 H, —SO 3 Y, or —COCH 3 , wherein either A or B is necessarily either —SO 3 H or —SO 3 Y, wherein Y is an organic or inorganic cation, solvates, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, with the proviso that said tendon, ligament or periodontal bone disease, disorder or injury is not an inflammatory disease, disorder or injury.