Use of a class of antiviral compounds for production of an agent for the treatment or prevention of a viral infection in the respiratory tract

摘要

The invention discloses a use of dithiocarbamate compounds having the structural formula R₁R₂NCS₂H, in which R₁ and R₂, independently of each other, represent a straight or branched C₁-C₄ alkyl, or, with the nitrogen atom, form an aliphatic ring with 4 to 6 C atoms, in which R₁, R₂, or the aliphatic ring is optionally substituted with one or more substituents selected from OH, NO₂, NH₂, COOH, SH, F, Cl, Br, I, methyl or ethyl, and oxidized forms of these compounds, in particular dimers thereof, as well as pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, to prepare an agent for treating or preventing an infection by RNA viruses which attack the respiratory tract and cause disease there.