Patent ID: 7456222

Claim:
A method of treating disease caused by an a mycobacterial agent comprising administering an effective amount of a substituted ethylene diamine compound of the formula wherein R 4 is selected from H, alkyl, aryl, heteroatom substituted alkyl and aryl, alkenyl, alkynyl, aralkyl, aralkynyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl; and wherein R 1 , R 2 and R 3 are independently selected from H, alkenyl, alkynyl, aralkyl, aralkenyl, aralkynyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl, or heteroaryl; or wherein R 1 is selected from H, alkenyl, alkynyl, aralkyl, aralkenyl, aralkynyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl, silyl, and NR 2 R 3 is derived from a cyclic secondary amine; including straight or branched chain derivative thereof, cyclic derivative thereof, substituted derivative thereof, functionalized derivative thereof, salts thereof, isomers thereof, or a combination thereof; optionally in a pharmaceutical carrier.