Patent ID: 7381416

Claim:
Organoselenium compounds of the general formula (I) comprising: in which n=0, 1 or 2, R 1 =OH, OCOR 3 , OPO 3 H 2 , OPO(OR 4 )(OR 5 ), or OR 6 , R 2 =OH, R 3 , or NHR 7 , R 3 =alkoxyl (C 1 -C 26 ), ceramide 1, ceramide 2, ceramide 3, ceramide 4, ceramide 5, ceramide 6a or 6b, S-cysteinyl, or S-glutathionyl, or OR 4 =alkoxyl (C 1 -C 26 ), ceramide 1, ceramide 2, ceramide 3, ceramide 4, ceramide 5, ceramide 6a or 6b, OR 5 =alkoxyl (C 1 -C 26 ), ceramide 1, ceramide 2, ceramide 3, ceramide 4, ceramide 5, ceramide 6a or 6b, OR 6 =pyruvate, lactate, citrate, fumarate, maleate, myristate, palmitate, stearate, palmitoleate, oleate, linoleate, natural fatty acids, or 13-cis retinoate, R 7 =H, alkyl (C 1 -C 26 ), natural amino-acids, or natural amines, it being understood that when n=1 and R 2 =OH, then R 1 cannot be OH; position isomers, geometric isomers, stereo-isomers, diastereoisomers and enantiomers, taken separately or mixed, and all linear or ramified, acyclic or cyclic oligomers and polymers, and their pharmaceutically acceptable acid or base salts.