Patent ID: 8703822

Claim:
A method for removing undifferentiated stem cells or dedifferentiated stem cells from a sample comprising said cells, the method comprising administering to said sample an effective amount of a compound of the formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein n is an integer from 2 to 5; p is an integer from 0 to 4; R 1 is independently selected from the group consisting of a hydroxyl group, an alkoxy group, a thiol group, a thioether group and an amino group, wherein a first R 1 is on a carbon-3 position of the phenyl group and a second R 1 is on a carbon-4 position of the phenyl group, and the first R 1 and the second R 1 are selected from the group consisting of a hydroxyl group, a thiol group or an amino group; R 2 and R 3 are independently a methylene group or a nitrogen nucleophile, with the proviso that at least one of R 2 and R 3 is a nitrogen nucleophile; Z is an oxygen (O) atom or sulfur (S) atom; and T is hydrogen or an optionally substituted aliphatic group.