Patent ID: 7622507

Claim:
A compound having the formula: wherein A and B are the same, and are optionally substituted phenyl rings; each S is optionally in the form of an oxide; each R is H, halogen, carboxyl, cyano, amino, amido, SR 1 , OR 1 or R 1 , wherein each R 1 is alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, aryl, or a carbocyclic ring, each of which is optionally substituted; p is 1; each n is independently 0-3; and wherein A and B together may form a cyclic ring system, and the optional substituents on each A and B are independently selected from the group consisting of F, Br, I, carboxyl, cyano, amino, amido, SR 1 , OR 1 or R 1 , wherein each R 1 is ethyl, propyl, isopropyl, butyl, sec-butyl, tertiary butyl, pentyl, hexyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, aryl, heteroaryl, a carbocyclic ring or a heterocyclic ring, each of which is optionally substituted and may contain a heteroatom; or R 1 is alkyl that is substituted; and a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, ester, prodrug or metabolite thereof; provided said compound is not dibenzyltrisulfide, di(p-chlorobenzyl)trisulfide, (p-chlorobenzyl)benzyltrisulfide, di(p-nitrobenzyl)trisulfide, di(3-phenyl-2-propenyl)-trisulfide, diphenyltrisulfide, or di(p-t-butylphenyl)trisulfide.