Patent ID: 7985774

Claim:
A method for providing cytoprotection, comprising administering to a patient in need thereof at least one compound of formula I an addition salt thereof with pharmaceutically acceptable acids, an ester thereof or an addition salt with pharmaceutically acceptable acids of said ester, in a sufficient amount to provide cytoprotection, wherein X and Y taken together represent a ketone function (═O), an oxime group (═NOH) or a methyloxime group (═NHOMe) or X represents a hydroxyl and Y a hydrogen atom; B represents a hydroxyl radical and C and D, either identical or different, represent a hydrogen atom, or a linear or branched alkyl radical comprising 1 to 4 carbon atoms; or B and C taken together represent a ketone function and D a methyl, hydroxyl, or methylamine radical, or B and C represent a hydrogen atom and D a methylamine radical, or B and C taken together represent an oxime group and D a methyl radical, and R represents a linear or branched alkyl radical comprising 1 to 10 carbon atoms, or one of its addition salts with pharmaceutically acceptable acids, or one of its esters or one of the addition salts with pharmaceutically acceptable acids of said esters, with the proviso that the cytoprotection is not neuroprotection.