Patent ID: 8686167

Claim:
An activated fatty acid or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof comprising an unsaturated or polyunsaturated aliphatic chain having one or more heteroatoms positioned anywhere within the aliphatic chain and one or more electron withdrawing groups positioned immediately adjacent to the heteroatom or carbon-carbon double bond or immediately adjacent to a carbon immediately adjacent to the heteroatom or carbon-carbon double bond; wherein the at least one of the one or more electron withdrawing groups is selected from a group consisting of sulfoxides (â€”SOR), sulfonyls (â€”SO2R), sulfonic acids (â€”SO3H), 1Â°, 2Â°, and 3Â° ammonium (â€”NR3+), or nitro (â€”NO2), wherein R is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, methyl, and C2-C6 alkyl.