Patent ID: 8420692

Claim:
A method of treatment of a disease or disorder, wherein the treatment does not include prevention, and wherein the disease or disorder is selected from the group consisting of liver tumor, breast tumor, colon tumor, HIV infection and HSV infection, in a subject in need thereof, comprising the steps of: (a) providing a composition comprising a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier or excipient and at least one compound of formula wherein R 1 -R 4 are independently selected from the group consisting of: (i) a straight chain or branched lower alkyl group substituted with a heterologous nitrogen-containing ring group of five to seven members; (ii) in combination with the O attached to the phenyl ring, a carbamate group, other than a methyl carbamate group, optionally containing a five or six membered carbon-nitrogen ring; (iii) in combination with the O attached to the phenyl ring, a C 1 -C 6 straight chain or branched carbonate group; and (iv) wherein R 1 and R 2 ; or R 3 and R 4 ; or R 1 and R 2 , and R 3 and R 4 ; together with the phenyl group to which they are attached, combine to form a cyclic carbonate group; or a salt of the compound; and (b) administering to the subject an effective amount of the composition to treat said disease or disorder.