Patent ID: 7465817

Claim:
A phospholipid according to formula I having a substituted or unsubstituted polyhydroxylated aliphatic carbocycle attached to the sn-2 position of the glycerol backbone wherein (i) A are independently optionally substituted C 1-6 alkyl moieties or two A residues may form an optionally substituted 5- to 10-membered ring, (ii) R is a polyhydroxylated aliphatic carbocycle or a derivative thereof being directly or through a linker molecule connected to the oxygen atom of the glycerol backbone, (iii) R′ is selected from the group consisting of (i) optionally unsaturated and/or optionally substituted C 1-20 alkyl, (ii) optionally unsaturated and/or optionally substituted C 2-26 acyl and (iii) hydrogen, and (iv) n is an integer ranging from 1 to 5.