Patent ID: 6838452

Claim:
A compound having a formula: or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein: (i) A 1 and A 2 are each independently selected from the group consisting of CH 2 and C═O, at least one of A 1 and A 2 being CH 2 ; (ii) R 1 is selected from the group consisting of an alkyl chain having 1-27 carbon atoms and wherein X is an alkyl chain having 1-24 carbon atoms, Y is selected from the group consisting of: —OH, —H, alkyl, alkoxy halogen, acetoxy and aromatic functional groups; and Z is selected from the group consisting of: and —OH, whereas R 1 is an alkyl; (iii) R 2 is wherein X is an alkyl chain having 1-24 carbon atoms, Y is selected from the group consisting of: —OH, —H, alkyl, alkoxy halogen, acetoxy and aromatic functional groups; and Z is selected from the group consisting of: and —OH, whereas R 4 is an alkyl; and (iv) R 3 is selected from the group consisting of H, acyl, alkyl, phosphocholine, phosphoethanolamine, phosphoserine, phosphocardiolipin and phosphoinositol.