Patent ID: 7687547

Claim:
A pharmaceutical composition comprising a compound having the formula: wherein A 1 , A 3 , A 6 , and A 8 independently represent CH or N; A 2 represents N or C—X 1 a —R 1 ; A 4 represents N or C—X 2 b —R 2 ; wherein when A 3 is N, then A 4 is CH or CCH 3 , and when A 4 is N, then A 3 is CH, R 1 and R 2 independently represent H, or a hydrocarbon containing a minimum of three carbon atoms and a maximum of twenty six carbon atoms for R 1 , and a minimum of one carbon atom and a maximum of twenty six carbon atoms for R 2 , wherein the hydrocarbon is unsubstituted, or is substituted with one or more of —OH, —NH 2 , —SH, halo, or —COOH; X 1 and X 2 independently represent —O—, —S—, —NH—, —C(O)O—, —C(O)—, —C(O)NH—, or —SO 2 NH—; a and b independently represent 0 or 1, provided that when a and b are both 0, then R 1 and R 2 are not both H; when a is 1, then R 1 is not H; and when b is 1, then R 2 is not H; A 5 and A 9 independently represent CR 3 or N; R 3 represents H, methyl, ethyl, or halo; A 7 represents CR 4 or N; R 4 represents H, methyl, ethyl, halo, nitro, amino, amido, or a methyl or ethyl group substituted with halo, nitro, hydroxy, amino, or amido; provided that A 2 and A 4 are not both N; and not more than three of A 5 , A 6 , A 7 , A 8 , and A 9 are N, and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.