Patent ID: 7652032

Claim:
A thioxylose compound selected from the group consisting of: a) compounds of formula I: in which: the pentapyranosyl group represents a free or substituted 5-thio-β-D-xylopyranosyl group, R′, R″ and R′″ each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a C 2 -C 6 acyl group, or two of them, adjacent, form a 1-methylethylidene bridge, X 1 and X 2 each represent a carbon or nitrogen atom, Y 1 and Y 2 each represent, independently of one another, a carbon, nitrogen, sulfur or oxygen atom, with the condition that, if Y 2 represents an oxygen or sulfur atom, Y 1 represents a carbon or nitrogen atom, R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , R 4 and R 5 represent, independently of one another, a hydrogen atom, a —COOR 6 group where R 6 represents a hydrogen atom or a C 1 -C 4 alkyl, a C 1 -C 4 alkyl group optionally substituted with a phenyl ring, a halogen atom or a —COOR 6 group; a C 1 -C 4 alkoxy group, a C 2 -C 6 acyl group, a benzoyl group or a phenyl ring; b) addition salts of the compounds of formula I; c) active metabolites of the compounds of formula I.