Patent ID: 8080237

Claim:
A method of protecting the skin of a subject against damage by reducing a risk of damage caused by ultraviolet radiation, wherein said ultraviolet radiation has a wavelength in the range of from about 280 to about 380 nanometers, the method comprising administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of at least one tellurium-containing compound, wherein said at least one tellurium-containing compound is a compound having general Formula III: wherein: each of j and k is independently an integer from 1 to 4; and each of R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , R 4 , R 5 , R 6 , R 7 , R 8 , R 9 , R 10 , R 11 and R 12 is independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, hydroxyalkyl, hydroxy, thiohydroxy, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, alkoxy, thioalkoxy, halogen, haloalkyl, carboxy, carbonyl, alkylcarbonylalkyl, carboxyalkyl, acyl, amido, cyano, N-monoalkylamidoalkyl, N,N-dialkylamidoalkyl, cyanoalkyl, alkoxyalkyl, carbamyl, cycloalkyl, heteroalicyclic, sulfonyl, sulfinyl, sulfate, amine, aryl, heteroaryl, phosphate, phosphonate and sulfoneamido except each of R 3 , R 4 , R 9 , and R 10 is not hydrogen.