Patent ID: 8633250

Claim:
A method of promoting tissue repair and/or regeneration in a subject, comprising administering to a subject in need of tissue repair and/or regeneration a composition comprising a therapeutically effective amount of a compound comprising the structure: wherein R 1a and R 1b are, independently, hydrogen, hydroxyl, alkyl, aryl, alkoxy, carboxyl, ester, ester, amino, amide, substituted naphthalene, aniline or phenyl, and wherein R 2a and R 2b are, independently, hydrogen, hydroxyl, alkyl, aryl, acyl, alkoxy, carboxyl, ester, amino, amide, or halide, wherein the subject has been diagnosed with a renal ischemic injury and wherein the compound is administered parenterally at a dosage of between 0.001 and about 3 mg/kg body weight.