Patent ID: 7999001

Claim:
A method of inhibiting or reducing the viral activity of a virus belonging to the Filoviridae or Poxviridae family on or in a cell or a subject which comprises administering to the cell or the subject an effective amount of a compound having the following structural formula X 1 is; R 1 , R 2 and R 7 are each independently hydrogen, amino, amine with stabilized carbocations, carboxyl, optionally substituted alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, heterocycloalkyl, aryl, heteroaryl, alkoxy, aryoxy, cycloalkoxy, heteroaryloxy, alkoxycarbonyl, alkylamino, carbamoyl, alkylaminocarbonyl, alkylsulfhydryl, alkylhydroxymate, or an amide possessing an alkyl substituent; and R 8 is hydrogen, OH, a halogen, or an optionally substituted alkyl.