Patent ID: 7026322

Claim:
A method of treating at least one fungal infection in a mammal afflicted with at least one fungal infection which comprises administering an antifungally effective amount of a compound sufficient for such treating or preventing, and wherein the compound has the following structure: wherein: R 1 , R 2 , R 5 , R 7 , and R 8 are each separately selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, and saturated C 1 -C 24 alkyl, unsaturated C 1 -C 24 alkenyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl, alkoxy, cycloalkoxy, aryl, substituted aryl, heteroaryl, substituted heteroaryl, amino, substituted amino, nitro, substituted nitro, phenyl, and substituted phenyl groups, R 3 , R 4 , and R 6 are each separately selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, and saturated C 1 -C 12 alkyl, unsaturated C 1 -C 12 alkenyl, cycloalkyl, alkoxy, cycloalkoxy, aryl, substituted aryl, heteroaryl, substituted heteroaryl, amino, substituted amino, nitro, and substituted nitro groups, X 1 and X 2 are separately selected from the group consisting of an oxygen atom, and a sulfur atom, and the dashed bond represents a bond selected from the group consisting of a carbon-carbon single bond and a carbon-carbon double bond.