Patent ID: 8030358

Claim:
A method of treating a mammal to remove a radioactive element or compound, comprising: administering to said mammal a pharmaceutically effective amount of a decorporation agent having a chemical formula: where R=—OR 1 or —NHR 2 ; R 1 =same or different and is independently selected from H, C 1 -C 30 alkyl, C 2 -C 30 alkenyl, C 2 -C 30 alkynyl or benzyl and at least one R 1 is not hydrogen; and R 2 =same or different and is independently selected from C 1 -C 30 alkyl, C 2 -C 30 alkenyl, C 2 -C 30 alkynyl, benzyl or phenylalanine ethyl ester.