Patent ID: 7838023

Claim:
A furoxan compound of Formula (I), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof: wherein the compound of Formula (I) is: wherein: R 1 is —C 6 H 4 R 2 , —CN, —S(O) 2 C 6 H 4 R 2 , NO 2 or —C(O)—OR 3 ; R 2 is hydrogen, —CN, —S(O) 2 R 3 , NO 2 or —C(O)—OR 3 ; R 3 is an alkyl group or an aryl group; T is a covalent bond, oxygen, S(O) o or NR 4 ; o is an integer from 1 to 2; R 4 is a hydrogen, a lower alkyl group or an aryl group; X is —(CH 2 ) a —N(R 5 )(R 6 ), —(CHR 7 ) b —CH 2 -T-Z, —(CHR 7 ) b —N(R 5 )(R 6 ) or —CH 2 —C(CH 2 -T-Z) 3 ; R 5 is a hydrogen, an alkyl group, an aryl group or —(CH 2 ) a -T-Z; R 6 is a hydrogen, an alkyl group, an aryl group, —(CH 2 ) a -T-Z or —C(CH 2 -T-Z) 3 ; R 7 is hydrogen or -T-Z; a is an integer from 2 to 5; b is an integer from 1 to 6; Z is with the proviso that the furoxan compounds of Formula (I) must contain at least one Z group.