Antimicrobial and radioprotective compounds

A method for the therapeutic treatment of a skin or soft tissue infection wherein the infection is caused by an organism selected from the group consisting of Enterococcus faecalis, Staphylococcus epidermidis, Clostridium perfringens, Proteus vulgaris, Proteus mirabilis, Streptococcus pyogenes, Candida albicans, Microsporum, and Epidermophyte;

• the method comprising administering to an animal in need thereof an effective amount of a compound of general formula I:
• in which
• X and V are O;
• is a double or single bond depending on the heteroatoms X and Y;
• R1 to R5 are either the same or different, and are each hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, aryl, halo, haloalkyl, haloalkenyl, haloalkynyl, haloaryl, hydroxy, alkoxy, alkenyloxy, aryloxy, benzyloxy, haloalkoxy, haloalkenyloxy, haloaryloxy, nitro, nitroalkyl, nitroalkenyl, nitroalkynyl, nitroaryl, nitroheterocyclyl, amino, alkylamino, dialkylamino, alkenylamino, alkynylamino, arylamino, diarylamino, benzylamino, dibenzylamino, acyl, alkenylacyl, alkynylacyl, arylacyl, acylamino, diacylamino, acyloxy, alkylsulphonyloxy, arylsulphenyloxy, heterocyclyl, heterocycloxy, heterocyclamino, haloheterocyclyl, alkylsulphenyl, arylsulphenyl, carboalkoxy, carboaryloxy, mercapto, alkylthio, arylthio, acylthio, or a phosphorus-containing group;
• and
• R6 and R7 are either the same or different, and are each hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, aryl, halo, haloalkyl, haloalkenyl, haloalkynyl, haloaryl, hydroxy, alkoxy, alkenyloxy, aryloxy, benzyloxy, haloalkoxy, haloalkenyloxy, haloaryloxy, nitro, nitroalkyl, nitroalkenyl, nitroalkynyl, nitroaryl, nitroheterocyclyl, amino, alkylamino, dialkylamino, alkenylamino, alkynylamino, arylamino, diarylamino, benzylamino, dibenzylamino, acyl, alkenylacyl, alkynylacyl, arylacyl, acylamino, diacylamino, acyloxy, alkylsulphonyloxy, arylsulphenyloxy, heterocyclyl, heterocycloxy, heterocyclamino, haloheterocyclyl, alkylsulphenyl, arylsulphenyl, carboalkoxy, carboaryloxy, mercapto, alkylthio, arylthio, acylthio, or a phosphorus-containing compound;
• or one of R6 and R7 is absent when there is a double bond present, or a pharmaceutically-acceptable salt thereof.