Patent ID: 7759395

Claim:
A method to treat asthma, comprising the step of administering to an individual in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of a compound having the formula: wherein each of P 1 and P 2 is independently a protecting group or a hydrogen atom; wherein each of R 1 and R 2 is independently a substituted or unsubstituted, branched or unbranched alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, a substituted or unsubstituted, branched or unbranched alkylaryl group, a halogen atom, or a hydrogen atom; wherein represents a cis or trans bond; wherein Z is —C(O)OR d , —C(O)NR c R c , —C(O)H, —C(NH)NR c R c , —C(S)H, —C(S)OR d , —C(S)NR c R c , or —CN; each R a is independently selected from hydrogen, (C1-C6) alkyl, (C3-C8) cycloalkyl, cyclohexyl, (C4-C11) cycloalkylalkyl, (C5-C10) aryl, phenyl, (C6-C16) arylalkyl, benzyl, 2-6 membered heteroalkyl, 3-8 membered cycloheteroalkyl, morpholinyl, piperazinyl, homopiperazinyl, piperidinyl, 4-11 membered cycloheteroalkylalkyl, 5-10 membered heteroaryl or 6-16 membered heteroarylalkyl; each R c is independently a protecting group or R a , or, alternatively, two R c are taken together with the nitrogen atom to which they are bonded to form a 5 to 8-membered cycloheteroalkyl or heteroaryl which may optionally include one or more of the same or different additional heteroatoms and which may optionally be substituted with one or more of the same or different R a or suitable R b groups; wherein each R b is a suitable group independently selected from ═O, —OR d , (C1-C3) haloalkyloxy, —OCF 3 , ═S, —SR d , ═NR d , ═NOR d , —NR c R c , halogen, —CF 3 , —CN, —NC, —OCN, —SCN, —NO, —NO 2 , ═N 2 , —N 3 , —S(O)R d , —S(O) 2 R d , —S(O) 2 OR d , —S(O)NR c R c , —S(O) 2 NR c R c , —OS(O)R d , —OS(O) 2 R d , —OS(O) 2 OR d , —OS(O) 2 NR c R c , —C(O)R d , —C(O)OR d , —C(O)NR c R c , —C(NH)NR c R c , —C(NR a )NR c R c , —C(NOH)R a , —C(NOH)NR c R c , —OC(O)R d , —OC(O)OR d , —OC(O)NR c R c , —OC(NH)NR c R c , —OC(NR a )NR c R c , —[NHC(O)] n R d , —[NR a C(O)] n R d , —[NHC(O)] n OR d , —[NR a C(O)] n OR d , —[NHC(O)] n NR c R c , —[NR a C(O)] n NR c R c , —[NHC(NH)] n NR c R c or —[NR a C(NR a )] n NR c R c ; each n, independently, is an integer from 0 to 3; each R d , independently, is a protecting group or R a ; and wherein any carbon-carbon double bond may be either cis or trans, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, such that the asthma is treated.