Patent ID: 8314144

Claim:
A method of treating a patient having colon cancer, prostate cancer or papilloma comprising administering to the patient in need thereof an effective amount of a compound of general formula (I): (i) wherein X + is selected from the group consisting of N + (R 1 , R 2 , R 3 ) and P + (R 1 , R 2 , R 3 ), wherein R 1 , R 2 and R 3 , which are the same or different, are selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and C 1 -C 9 straight or branched alkyl groups, —CH═NH(NH 2 ), —NH 2 , and —OH; with the proviso that at least one of R 1 , R 2 and R 3 is not hydrogen; (ii) Z is selected from —OR 4 , —OCOOR 4 , —OCONHR 4 , —OCSNHR 4 , —OCSOR 4 , —NHR 4 , —NHCOR 4 , —NHCSR 4 , —NHCOOR 4 , —NHCSOR 4 , —NHCONHR 4 , —NHCSNHR 4 , —NHSOR 4 , —NHSONHR 4 , —NHSO 2 R 4 , —NHSO 2 NHR 4 , and —SR 4 , wherein R 4 is a C 2 -C 20 saturated or unsaturated, straight or branched alkyl group; (iii) Y— is selected from the group consisting of —COO—, PO 3 H—, —OPO3H—, tetrazolate-5-yl; a salt, enantiomer or racemic mixture thereof.