The present invention relates to arylthiazine compounds, metabolites, N-oxides, amides, esters, pharmaceutically acceptable salts, hydrates and solvates thereof and their use as cytoprotectants in the treatment or prophylaxis of diseases or states, either acute or chronic, involving aberrant cellular lipid peroxidation in the central nervous system or in the periphery of the body. The present invention also relates to a method for their preparation and to pharmaceutical composition comprising as an active ingredient one or more of the aforementioned compounds.
