Patent ID: 7589072

Claim:
An inositol derivative of formula (I): wherein R 1 is where n is an integer in the range of 1 to 12; R 2 and R 3 are each independently H, alkyl, arylalkyl, cycloalkyl, heteroalkyl, —(CH 2 ) m NHR′, —(CH 2 ) 1 CO 2 R″, —COR′″ or —SO 2 R″″, where R′, R″, R′″ and R″″ are each alkyl, m is an integer in the range of 2 to 5, and 1 is an integer in the range of 1 to 5; p is an integer in the range of 0 to 2; and X and X′ are each independently —O—CO—O—, —O—CO—NH—(CH 2 ) m —O—, —O—CO—(CH 2 ) 1 —O— or —O—(CH 2 ) 1 —CO—NH—(CH 2 ) m —O—, where m and 1 are the same as defined above.