Patent ID: 6362207
Filing Date: 2002-03-26
Classification: A61K

Abstract:
A method of treating a viral infection in mammals comprising administering to a mammal in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of a benzimidazole derivative of the following formula: wherein,X is hydrogen, halogen, alkyl of less than 7 carbon atoms, or alkoxy of less than 7 carbon atoms; n is a positive integer of less than 4; Y is hydrogen, chloro, nitro, methyl, ethyl, or oxychloro; R is hydrogen, an alkyl group of from 1 to 8 carbon atoms, or alkylaminocarbonyl wherein the alkyl group has from 3 to 6 carbon atoms; and R2 is 4-thiazolyl or NHCOOR1 wherein R1 is an aliphatic hydrocarbon of less than 7 carbon atoms.