Patent ID: 8268894

Claim:
A method of treating infectious disease caused by gram-negative bacilli, gram-positive bacilli or mycoses comprising administering to a human or a non-human animal an effective amount of a substituted ethylene diamine compound of the formula: wherein R 4 is selected from H, alkyl, aryl, alkenyl, alkynyl, aralkyl, aralkynyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl; and wherein R 1 , R 2 and R 3 are independently selected from H, alkyl, aryl, alkenyl, alkynyl, aralkyl, aralkenyl, aralkynyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl, heteroalkyl, heteroaryl, halide, alkoxy, aryloxy, alkylthio, arylthio, silyl, siloxy, amino; or wherein R 1 is selected from H, alkyl, aryl, alkenyl, alkynyl, aralkyl, aralkenyl, aralkynyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl, heteroalkyl, heteroaryl, halide, alkoxy, aryloxy, alkylthio, arylthio, silyl, siloxy, amino, and NR 2 R 3 is a cyclic secondary amine.