Patent ID: 8846912

Claim:
A method of treating a cancer selected from breast cancer, hepatocellular carcinoma, colon cancer, head and neck cancer, renal carcinoma, lung cancer, prostate cancer, gastric carcinoma, leukemia and pancreatic cancer in a subject in need thereof, the method comprising administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of a tartaric acid salt or complex of a compound represented by formula (II): wherein B is a C 3 to C 9 alkylene; R 1 is selected from hydrogen, C 1 to C 4 alkoxy or substituted C 1 to C 4 alkoxy; each R 2 is independently selected from halogen, C 1 to C 4 alkyl, C 2 to C 4 alkenyl, and C 2 to C 4 alkynyl; and n is 1, 2 or 3.