Patent ID: 8148407

Claim:
A compound selected from the group consisting of: a) compounds corresponding to formula I wherein the pentapyranosyl group is a free or acylated 5-thio-β-D-xylopyranosyl group; R is a hydrogen atom or a C 2 -C 6 acyl group; R 1 is a C 1 -C 4 alkylsulfonyl group, a C 2 -C 6 acyl group, a group CONR′R″ or a group wherein X is a single bond, an oxygen atom, a sulfoxy group, a group —CO— or a group —CHOH—; Ra is a hydrogen atom, a halogen, a hydroxyl group, a C 1 -C 4 alkyl group, a trifluoromethyl group, a trifluoromethoxy group, a cyano group, a C 1 -C 4 hydroxyalkyl group, a C 2 -C 4 acyl group, a C 1 -C 4 alkoxy group or a group NR′R″; wherein R′ and R″ independently are each a hydrogen atom or a C 1 -C 4 alkyl group optionally substituted by an aromatic ring, or together with the nitrogen atom to which they are attached form a ring having 5 or 6 carbon atoms; Rb and Rc independently of one another are each a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a C 1 -C 4 alkyl group, a cyano group or a C 1 -C 4 alkoxy group; and R 2 is a hydrogen atom, a C 1 -C 4 alkyl group or a halogen atom; b) acid addition salts of a); and c) active metabolites of b) and c).