Patent ID: 7169818

Claim:
A method of treating a disease characterized by cell hyper proliferation, said method comprising the step of administering to a patient a composition comprising a compound represented by the formula wherein R 1 is selected from the group consisting of C 8 –C 22 alkyl and C 8 –C 22 alkenyl; R 4 is selected from the group consisting of hydroxyl, phosphate and methylene phosphonate; R 6 is selected from the group consisting of C 3 –C 16 alkyl, C 3 –C 16 alkenyl, —(C 1 –C 4 alkyl)R 7 ; and R 7 is selected from the group consisting of C 3 –C 8 cycloalkyl, C 3 –C 8 heterocyclic, C 7 –C 12 bicyclic, C 5 –C 8 cycloalkenyl and aryl, with the proviso that R 2 and R 3 are not both H.