Patent ID: 7842729

Claim:
A method of treating disease caused by a mycobacterial agent, 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, alkenyl, alkynyl, aralkyl, aralkenyl, aralkynyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl, halide, alkoxy, aryloxy, alkylthio, arylthio, silyl, siloxy, amino, heteroaryl or aryl; or wherein when R 1 is selected from H, alkenyl, alkynyl, aralkyl, aralkenyl, aralkynyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl, halide, alkoxy, aryloxy, alkylthio, arylthio, silyl, siloxy, amino, and NR 2 R 3 is a cyclic secondary amine; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.