Patent ID: 7109174

Claim:
A method for treating skin lesions associated with Type II diabetes mellitus or Syndrome X comprising administering to a mammal in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of the formula I: wherein X is CH 2 or oxygen; R 1 is hydrogen or alkyl; and R 2 , R 3 , R 4 and R 5 are independently hydrogen or lower alkyl and, when X is CH 2 , R 4 and R 5 may be alkene groups joined to form a benzene ring and, when X is oxygen, R 2 and R 3 and/or R 4 and R 5 together may be a methylenedioxy group of the following formula (II): wherein R 6 and R 7 are the same or different and are hydrogen, lower alkyl or are alkyl and are joined to form a cyclopentyl or cyclohexyl ring.