Patent ID: 8754133

Claim:
A method of inhibiting the inflammatory process, the method comprising administering to a mammal suffering from inflammation a therapeutically effective amount of a pharmaceutical composition comprising a compound where: R is a C 1 -C 10 alkylene group, in which, when the number of carbon atoms is at least 2, there are optionally 1 or 2 non-adjacent double bonds; 1 to 3 non-adjacent methylene groups are optionally replaced by NR 1 (where R 1 is H, alkyl, or acyl), O, or S; and 1 or 2 methylene groups are optionally replaced by a carbonyl or hydroxymethylene group, with the proviso that if R is unsaturated then the carbonyl is not adjacent to either aromatic ring, and pharmaceutically acceptable esters or salts of the compounds.